How to Use inside track in a Sentence

inside track

noun
  • Does that mean May has the inside track for the fifth spot?
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2021
  • That must be a sign that Philly has the inside track here, right?
    Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 26 June 2018
  • This time, the Browns hold the better record and the inside track to a playoff spot.
    Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The winner of this one gets the inside track on the ACC Atlantic race.
    Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The 2016 first-round pick has the inside track to be the opening-day left fielder.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
  • From that group, two names appear to have the inside track.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Baylor is thought to have the inside track on him right now.
    William Wilkerson, star-telegram, 9 July 2018
  • The days when the best of those schools had the inside track to the national title seems to be a thing of the past.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • But the winner could get the inside track to be part of a much grander vision.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Rice has the inside track at the top seed and will clinch it with a win over Blooming Grove.
    Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Roberts’ spot on the 40-man roster gives him an inside track to a call-up.
    Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The winner could have an inside track for the No. 1 spot when the next poll is released.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Tuesday: The winner of this match-up has the inside track to second place in the Greater Metro.
    Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2018
  • The winner of Friday’s game should have the inside track on the district crown.
    Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2020
  • As a result, the team also has the inside track on the first overall pick.
    Josh Criswell, Chron, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Thursday's winner will clinch the tiebreaker between the teams and take the inside track for the No. 6 seed in the West.
    Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • The golf course is the ground on which business is conducted by those on the inside track.
    Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The inside track has to go to Jones after his performance in the last few games of the 2019 season.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2020
  • In those sunnier times, the Wave enjoyed both rare health and an inside track to the playoffs.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Judge Brett Kavanaugh looked to have the inside track within the White House last week but may have hit a snag.
    Jennifer Jacobs and Mark Niquette, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2018
  • Casey Thompson and Hudson Card have the inside track on filling the shoes of Ehlinger, a four-year starter.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2021
  • But which films have the inside track to actually take home the gold?
    New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The Knights have already beaten Cincinnati, so a road win would put them on the inside track to be the league's top seed.
    USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • It’s a Class 6A, Region 6 game with the winner getting the inside track for third place in the region.
    Dennis Victory, al, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The Seahawks have the inside track to the division title with four games left.
    Tim Booth, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The Pirates now have the inside track to the Region 1 championship.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 11 Oct. 2021
  • So his 82-catch lead over Julio Jones gives him the inside track should anything happen to Brown.
    Mitch Goldich, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Morrow, the nine-year NBA veteran, seemed to have the inside track at the roster spot.
    Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Wade, who opened camp with the inside track to one one of the final roster spots, scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Sunday, the 49ers returned to that top spot, which offers an even better inside track to the franchise’s elusive sixth Super Bowl win.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024

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