1
as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
your fluency in French should put you in the catbird seat for getting the Paris posting
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as in center stage
the center of public attention
in the wake of the natural disaster, this obscure bureaucrat was suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into the catbird seat
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Recent Examples of catbird seat
Brat is what happens when an auteur is given a budget and the catbird seat in the boardroom.
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Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
The next guy to occupy the catbird seat is a name that might be familiar to New England football fans.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
Picking third, the Cavs were in the catbird seat.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 July 2021
Their continued inability to slay the Bengals knocks them from the conference's catbird seat.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
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Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
The next guy to occupy the catbird seat is a name that might be familiar to New England football fans.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
Picking third, the Cavs were in the catbird seat.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 July 2021
Their continued inability to slay the Bengals knocks them from the conference's catbird seat.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
See All Example Sentences for catbird seat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catbird seat
Noun
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Gemini is then able to engage in conversation about the advantages of potential options.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Cybercriminals understand this mindset and take full advantage of it.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On Friday at Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Lowry seized center stage from one of the PGA Tour’s biggest stars, overshadowed his fellow Irishman and moved atop of the leaderboard at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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The murmur went suddenly quiet while a robotic presence conquering center stage slowly started breathing.—
Giorgia Feroldi,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Underlying these advances are robust AI infrastructures, such as Stargate and the AI RAN Alliance, which enhance edge computing capabilities.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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In addition, the Pentagon's future stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, will have many of the same cutting edge technologies in advanced materials, AI, propulsion and stealth.—
TARA COPP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Dancer and choreographer Wade Robson and James Safechuck have been thrust back into the public spotlight.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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And Billboard is dedicating a spotlight to them through our new African Rookie of the Month series, which Odeal and Qing Madi kicked off in January and February, respectively, and Taves is continuing in March.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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Firefighters on Sunday began to gain an upper hand on more than 170 wildfires in North and South Carolina that had prompted evacuations, officials said.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article GAINESVILLE — Ailing and unable to gain an upper hand on Vanderbilt, No. 6 Florida turned to a 20-year-old sophomore from Slovenia to scratch out a critical SEC win.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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Auburn beat out Duke to receive top billing in the tournament despite those three losses over the past two weeks, and despite also dropping a game to the Blue Devils back in December.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Shearling and faux furs, especially when used in dramatic proportions or applied as extreme detailing, took top billing.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Microsoft’s whip hand, more than anything, else, comes down to cold hard cash.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
19 Nov. 2023
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The failure of the ‘red wave’ to materialize means that an old-fashioned socialist will have the whip hand over health care for the next two years.—
Joel Zinberg,
National Review,
30 Nov. 2022
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Known mostly for his children’s books, L. Frank Baum has never really been out of the cultural limelight for more than a minute, with new generations of fans discovering his work.—
Nancy Olson,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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She was raised outside of the Hollywood limelight in Bedford, N.Y., about an hour north of Manhattan.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Catbird seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catbird%20seat. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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