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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
Carter Jensen always dreamed of sitting in the catbird seat at Kauffman Stadium.
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Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Mom, who’d just flown from Washington state to the Big Apple, fist-pumped her way to a catbird seat on Cloud 9.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2025
With memory giants like Samsung and SK Hynix cranking up production to keep pace with Nvidia’s Blackwell ramp, Lam is sitting in the catbird seat.
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John Buckingham,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
The catbird seats were occupied instead by the titans of attention.
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Ezra Klein,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Mom, who’d just flown from Washington state to the Big Apple, fist-pumped her way to a catbird seat on Cloud 9.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2025
With memory giants like Samsung and SK Hynix cranking up production to keep pace with Nvidia’s Blackwell ramp, Lam is sitting in the catbird seat.
—
John Buckingham,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
The catbird seats were occupied instead by the titans of attention.
—
Ezra Klein,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for catbird seat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catbird seat
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Still, some experts say the lack of awareness may delay some eligible adults from taking advantage of the new coverage and getting on the treatments immediately.
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The Dodgers took full advantage of the Padres’ defensive mistakes to jump-start their offense.
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Right away, the engineering takes center stage, underscoring both form and function.
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This guest lets her track pants take center stage, styling the soft hue with a pale blue button-down, oversized clutch, baseball cap, and heeled sandals.
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The Americans came out energized in the second half and a Berhalter banger from the edge of the penalty area tied it up 2-2 in the 49th minute.
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The Samurai Blue have the edge on shots, 2-1, but Sweden has the lone shot on target so far through 25 minutes.
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The region, which returned to the global spotlight during the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, means a lot to Beccari.
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The last phase of Oliver’s life was marked by an unexpected emergence into the public spotlight.
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But Ukraine looks more and more likely to be entering the next round of negotiations with a strong upper hand.
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The first one will give one team an upper hand, but obviously can’t dictate the entire series.
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The home has been featured in several publications, including Dwell, One Kindesign and Das Ideale Heim, a Swiss interior design magazine that gave the property top billing on its cover.
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On the game’s standard cover, Miami sophomore receiver Malachi Toney — one of the breakout stars of the 2025 season, who helped the Hurricanes tear through the Playoff to a national runner-up finish — earned top billing alongside Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy.
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Clearly, Samsung is prioritising keeping its flagship as competitively priced as possible (and perhaps trying to steal a bit of the WWDC limelight this week) despite battling rising manufacturing costs.
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He also has not been allowed to wear the club’s sponsor, a crypto betting company, on his shirt and Leicester have tried to protect him from the media limelight.
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In June 2024, Kelce and Swift were at the center of worldwide attention, even though their relationship wasn’t even a year old.
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The retro ensemble caught the attention of fans and press everywhere.
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“Catbird seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catbird%20seat. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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