to advantage
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This novel, winner of the Booker Prize, uses a blunt, clipped style to advantage, exposing Istvan as an exemplar of both toxic masculinity and hinting at what’s required to escape it.
From Los Angeles Times
Wolff said F1 should consider introducing a rule to prevent teams using one car to back up the field to advantage another driver, as both Racing Bulls and Williams did on Sunday.
From BBC
And Mr. Rothschild, who rose to chairman in 1976, used it to advantage.
From New York Times
Libel law has traditionally been more favorable to plaintiffs there, even leading to “libel tourism,” where plaintiffs sue in British courts to advantage their cause.
From Washington Post
“I think that they’re purposefully misusing the facts here to advantage their position.”
From Washington Times
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