Sentence examples for advantage meaning from inspiring English sources

They were cruising toward the home-field advantage, meaning games at Yankee Stadium next Tuesday and Wednesday, until they began losing.

The world may be only one disruptive technology away from attackers gaining a runaway advantage, meaning the Internet would cease to be a trusted medium for communication or commerce.

The model now gives them the equivalent of a one-seat advantage, meaning that the most likely composition of the new Senate is 51 Democrats and 49 Republicans, although some seats are almost certain to change hands on both sides.

Middlesex, who led the Division One table early in the season but have slid into relegation danger in a run of nine games without a win, hold an 18-point advantage, meaning six points would be enough to guarantee their safety.

Sure, the aggressor may also be sent off but that is not always a suitable sanction – especially if the foul occurs in the last few minutes, giving the wronged team little time to make use of their numerical advantage, meaning the aggressor has effectively exploited a loophole in the law.

Prior to the October 4 game, the oddsmakers gave the Red Sox the advantage, meaning that an all-Boston World Series was likely.

He thinks that this would have "the advantage of meaning no wider conclusions need to be drawn about the social context of the atrocity" – and therefore should be avoided.

When the player serving wins the deuce point, the score is 'ad-in' (advantage-in, meaning the server has the advantage).

Just to recap, Charlie Black said to a reporter for Fortune that another terrorist strike on the United States ""would be a big advantage to him," meaning McCain.

This inclination has the added advantage of meaning that no one ever knows quite where he is.

In large parts of the world, better hygiene, nutrition and medicine have almost abolished child mortality, meaning the advantage of K over r is diminished.