come out ahead
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“For cyber defenders to come out ahead, we need to act now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
From a tax perspective, because withdrawals on the brokerage account are taxed as capital gains and not ordinary income, the household “may even come out ahead from a long-term tax perspective,” he noted.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026
“You can get a week’s vacation and dental work and still come out ahead of what you’d be paying in the U.S.,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
The governing body's president Aleksander Ceferin said Germany's bid had come out ahead of Poland and a joint bid from Denmark and Sweden.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
I figured out I would run past the British troops and come out ahead of them before they reached Dr. Hobart’s house.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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