1
: a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
2
: superiority in a contest
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Examples of vantage in a Sentence
the vantage had all been ours for the first half of the contest
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That time, though, mother and daughter were as far as possible from the stage in the rafters, with only Bey’s whipping hair visible from that nosebleed vantage.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 May 2024
But from the vantage of 2024, the series takes on a more reflective tenor — a look back at a time recently passed, rather than an effort to document a story still unfolding.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 May 2024
But from the vantage of 2024, the series takes on a more reflective tenor — a look back at a time recently passed, rather than an effort to document a story still unfolding.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Vantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vantage. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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vantage
noun
van·tage
ˈvant-ij 
: a position giving advantage or a wide view
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