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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But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ever have the chance to see from the vantage of 250 miles in orbit.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Farmers were up their windmills and atop their barns and in other spots of vantage, scouting for Timble.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Growing up in a household where intense political discussion was the norm — against the violent backdrop of colonialism, liberation and, later, dictatorship — has given Woods a unique vantage on the world.
—Ross Scarano, New York Times, 15 May 2025
For the most recent discovery, a team of researchers used a different instrument outfitted to Webb to study the light from K2-18b's parent star as the planet passed in front of it from Earth's vantage.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Farmers were up their windmills and atop their barns and in other spots of vantage, scouting for Timble.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Growing up in a household where intense political discussion was the norm — against the violent backdrop of colonialism, liberation and, later, dictatorship — has given Woods a unique vantage on the world.
—Ross Scarano, New York Times, 15 May 2025
For the most recent discovery, a team of researchers used a different instrument outfitted to Webb to study the light from K2-18b's parent star as the planet passed in front of it from Earth's vantage.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Vantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vantage. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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vantage
noun
van·tage
ˈvant-ij 
: a position giving advantage or a wide view
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