as in perspective
a way of looking at or thinking about something
who started the argument apparently depends on your vantage point
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Recent Examples of vantage point
What was that like from your vantage point?
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Someone watching Earth from this vantage point would have no way of predicting that intelligent life would someday emerge on this water-rich world.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Getting to see that process from this completely different vantage point was pretty thrilling.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Someone watching Earth from this vantage point would have no way of predicting that intelligent life would someday emerge on this water-rich world.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Getting to see that process from this completely different vantage point was pretty thrilling.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vantage point
Noun
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Without showing the violence, the show’s perspective of Gacy’s menace relies heavily on your physical performance of him.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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Bradley said that, from the Chamber’s perspective, employers are sick and tired of scrounging for talent.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Starting at Grand Canyon Village and stretching past the park’s East Entrance, Desert View Drive leads to some of the canyon’s most underrated viewpoints.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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The case raises core constitutional questions about whether noncitizens living lawfully in the United States enjoy the same First Amendment protections as citizens, and whether immigration enforcement can be used to silence dissenting viewpoints.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United, the approach was more akin to what Tottenham fans might have been used to seeing in the Europa League last season, when Postecoglou took a more pragmatic outlook.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Artistic Milliners’ color outlook for the season is about achieving excellence in color from the dye process through to surface application.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Vantage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vantage%20point. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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