Synonyms for upper hand
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1. upper hand, whip handnoun

   position of advantage and control

   Synonyms:
   whip hand

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1. • Favorable Position

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1. upper handnoun

   Synonyms:
   superiority, advantage, ascendency, dominion, rule, pre-eminence, supremacy, mastery, mastership

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1. Gavin Newsom:

   COVID-19 doesn't follow state or national boundaries, and it will take every level of government, working together to get the upper hand on this virus.

2. Seema Shah:

   The Chinese government believes that President Trump is desperate for a deal before the end of the year, when the race for the presidential election will really heat up, trump's latest comments are a ploy to regain the upper hand in these negotiations.

3. President Biden:

   Thanks to our heroic vaccine effort, we’ve gained the upper hand against this virus.We can live our lives, our kids can go back to school, our economy is roaring back, so, today, while the virus hasn’t been vanquished, we know this: It no longer controls our lives.It no longer paralyzes our nation.

4. Noah Bonsey:

   But it seems to be the rebel side that is more concerned about the trajectory at this moment, while the regime camp enjoys momentum, the regime itself never showed much openness for compromise even in its most vulnerable moments, so we can expect its current sense of momentum to further reinforce maximalism as Damascus pushes for a decisive military upper hand.

5. Alexander Gabuev:

   The economic situation in Russia is deteriorating, and that gives China an upper hand in the relationship, ties between Moscow and Beijing have been asymmetric before Russia was a needier partner, but now this is an asymmetry on steroids where China has the commanding position, and definitely will be not shy to use it going forward.