pole position

NOUN

advantageous position

Synonyms

WEAK

first chair front position front seat inside position lead pole starting grid

Example Sentences

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After Real Madrid beat Villarreal on Saturday to take pole position overnight, the Catalans edged a point ahead again.

From Barron's

Leinster remain in pole position to qualify as pool winners, but only just.

From BBC

The head of the largest U.S. investor in Venezuela is in pole position to take advantage of greater U.S. sway over the country, where it has operated for more than a century.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yes, Paramount’s bidding group is shrinking, but that doesn’t put Netflix in the pole position.

From MarketWatch

He has out-qualified Hamilton, the sport's all-time pole position record holder, 22 times to seven at an average advantage of 0.15 seconds a lap.

From BBC