at the head of

idiom

: at the top of (a ranking)
She's at the head of her class.

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So surviving such a gauntlet to emerge at the head of the class means more than being the best in a significantly smaller pool. Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026 Pizza might be losing its spot at the head of Americans' dinner tables. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026 Dokoupil recently shared a public plea for viewers to hold him to high standards of journalism at the head of the show. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026 Her son, José, the oldest of her three children, sat at the head of a long table. Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at the head of

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“At the head of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20head%20of. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.

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