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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For nearly the entirety of human existence, our species regularly performed feats of tracking that, from our modern vantage, resemble magic.
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From a vantage not too far away, Arondir looks on with concern.
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Why that is can be seen only from the vantage of history.
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Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
From a vantage not too far away, Arondir looks on with concern.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Why that is can be seen only from the vantage of history.
—Jill Lepore, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Unusual prescience on her part or an authorial intrusion from the vantage of our less orderly world?
—Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Vantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vantage. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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vantage
noun
van·tage
ˈvant-ij 
: a position giving advantage or a wide view
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