Sentence examples for achieved the upper hand from inspiring English sources

Constructivism ultimately achieved the upper hand, not only in the Institute of Artistic Culture but in contemporary Russian art more generally.

The cultures, ideas, and technologies that achieved the upper hand in war over their rivals either annihilated these rivals or assimilated them or some combination of both.

By the 2nd century AD under the Emperor Trajan, the Romans began to achieve the upper hand against the Parthians and established the Roman Province of Assyria along the Euphrates and Tigris.

All these concerns were realized anyway, without an expanded American involvement, and with the result that Putin did exactly what Obama said was impossible; namely, a time-limited effort to give its allies (Assad in Putin's case) the help that was needed to achieve the upper hand that may ultimately lead to victory.

"In any kind of showdown with Congress, he does have the upper hand, because veto overrides are dauntingly difficult to achieve," said Ross K. Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University.

Ex-Storm assistant Michael Maguire has achieved plenty since taking over at Redfern but he has never been able to gain the upper hand on his former club.

Nature has the upper hand.

"They have the upper hand.

Investors have the upper hand.

"O.K. the upper hand".

The latter currently have the upper hand.