1
: a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
2
: superiority in a contest
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the vantage had all been ours for the first half of the contest
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From today’s vantage, of course, those questions are moot.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
That sure seemed to be the team’s vantage during training camp.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
The camera, sliding into exaggerated close-ups, now films from a more subjective vantage.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
They’re frustrated by the Biden administration’s failure to prevent a flood of migrants from entering Chicago and, from their vantage, jumping ahead of Black citizens in the long line for public housing and other services.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 23 Aug. 2024
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
That sure seemed to be the team’s vantage during training camp.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
The camera, sliding into exaggerated close-ups, now films from a more subjective vantage.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
They’re frustrated by the Biden administration’s failure to prevent a flood of migrants from entering Chicago and, from their vantage, jumping ahead of Black citizens in the long line for public housing and other services.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 23 Aug. 2024
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“Vantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vantage. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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vantage
noun
van·tage
ˈvant-ij 
: a position giving advantage or a wide view
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