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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
Picking third, the Cavs were in the catbird seat.
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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
And Shanae is in the catbird seat, still mulling over whether to pick Logan or James.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
The Hilton Nashville Downtown is the city’s most convenient hotel, on the catbird seat nestled between Broadway and Bridgestone Arena.
—Fox News, 23 Sep. 2022
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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
And Shanae is in the catbird seat, still mulling over whether to pick Logan or James.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
The Hilton Nashville Downtown is the city’s most convenient hotel, on the catbird seat nestled between Broadway and Bridgestone Arena.
—Fox News, 23 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catbird seat
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That actually worked to Naperville North’s advantage.Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Sensing that this dad was open to being chatted up, Colvin sat next to him and tried to use raw honesty to his advantage.Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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Those celestial bodies at center stage are the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, a pair of dwarf galaxies.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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This year, there has been a particularly wide array of features highlighting the Jewish experience — both fact-based and fictionalized — that are likely to be center stage come awards time.Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Now more people live at the flammable edges of wildlands, making places that are primed to burn into de facto suburbs.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Security protocols embedded within each network node allow for immediate threat identification and isolation, while machine learning algorithms at the edge continuously monitor and adapt to new threats.Rafael Umann, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The episode cast a spotlight on the room for overreach in relatively obscure parts of the government, in this instance an agency in the Department of Homeland Security called the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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This bracket size has given those with the talent and ability to win it all an opportunity to sort it out on the field, while providing a shot and a spotlight to just enough more schools that deserve it.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Winds poised to intensify, complicating LA wildfire battle Efforts to gain an upper hand against the deadly infernos continue into Monday amid ominous new wind warnings threatening Southern California communities.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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This is particularly so for tailored clothing, where menswear has enjoyed an enduring upper hand.Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Jan. 2025
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Of all the things Trump talked about on the campaign trail, cybersecurity didn’t get top billing.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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But in 2024, the rose once again has top billing in the world of perfume.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
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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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Despite his wealth and influence he was known for studiously avoiding personal publicity and the media limelight.Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
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Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner said Tuesday his office is prepared for potential security issues as officials continued to prepare for the national limelight ahead of the general election.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Catbird seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catbird%20seat. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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