vantage

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While some of his Democratic colleagues have expressed anger at this switch, my vantage is a little different.

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  1. noun An advantage in a competition or conflict; superiority.
  2. noun A position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage.
  3. noun A vantage point.

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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, short for Old French avantage, advantage; see advantage.

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  1. Early modern English also vauntage; from Middle English vantage, vauntage; by apheresis from avantage, advantage: see advantage.
  2. from vantage, n. Cf. advantage, v.
 

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/ˈvæntədʒ/
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