high ground
noun
: a position of advantage or superiority
especially
: an ethically superior position
took the moral high ground during the debate
Examples of high ground in a Sentence
one would have thought that having the superior product would have given the company the high ground in the video format war
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On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
The result was an antislavery moral high ground from which the United Kingdom, and later the U.S., could measure other countries and monitor the high seas.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2025
Only then will those who still retain power over him have the ethical high ground and democratic consent to remove him.
—Shaun Richman, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
The result was an antislavery moral high ground from which the United Kingdom, and later the U.S., could measure other countries and monitor the high seas.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2025
Only then will those who still retain power over him have the ethical high ground and democratic consent to remove him.
—Shaun Richman, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high ground
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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20ground. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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