better position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbetterandposition
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better
adjective
uk/ˈbet.ər/us/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofbetterandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbetter position
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Abetterposition, surely, would be to consider the objective probabilities of the unrealized alternatives.
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Note that veterinarians are in nobetterpositionto assess a chicken's experience.
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Biological robots into abetterpositionto bear down directly on its goal.
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We will be in abetterpositionto decide between these hypotheses in the next section.
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We are now in abetterpositionto appreciate his argument.
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While this appears to be generally successful, certain households seemed in abetterpositionto take advantage of this system.
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With all this information available, the planter was in abetterpositionto decide on his variety strategy.
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Does that choice of distance - intellectually and geographically - put you in abetterpositionto challenge orthodoxy?
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As our sample expands and is followed longitudinally we will be in abetterpositionto address these possibilities.
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Capitalists did so in the hopes that they would then be in abetterpositionto weaken the legislation.
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The opposition parties sought to attack the government to make abetterpositionfor the forthcoming general election.
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Those most likely to say the individual were those in abetterpositionto provide for themselves.
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Equipped with historical knowledge, linguists are in abetterpositionto judge new theories and claims critically.
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Increasing patient autonomy means that patients are in abetterpositionto challenge decisions made by the medical practitioner.
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It places us in abetterpositionto criticise, and in abetterpositionto congratulate if congratulations are desirable.
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While the courts might not have the authority to review the decisions of the village collective, the township government is not in anybetterposition.
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Now that we have sketched in the background we are in abetterpositionto examine the symbolism of post-1945 peace movement posters.
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Active learning prompts coordinated central banks to follow activist strategies, making them learn faster and putting them in abetterpositionto stabilise their economies.
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Effective health interventions would potentially protect worker productivity, and ensure the sector was in abetterpositionto compete in the international arena.
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And while they enjoyed a slightlybetterpositionthan their parents, one cannot avoid the impression that the oligarchy had become a tightly closed group.
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This would simply mean that children whose overall language use prior to treatment was more advanced were in abetterpositionto benefit from intervention.
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We are in a muchbetterposition.
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He is therefore in abetterposition.
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Can we reach abetterposition?
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