advantage
noun
a good feature or quality that something has
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incentive
noun
something that makes you want to do something or to work harder, because you know that you will benefit by doing this
virtue
noun
an advantage or a good feature that something has that makes it better than something else
trump card
noun
an advantage you have that an opponent does not have that makes it possible for you to win or to succeed, for example in sports or business
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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