at the head of

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

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Right now, the Cowboys are heading into the 2025 NFL season with Javonte Williams at the head of the snake. Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 Most of his money, per his financial disclosures filed at the time, sat in a blind trust with between $1.75 million and $2 million in it—a healthy sum, though not shocking for a 59-year-old lawyer at the head of the fourth-largest state in the country. Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 Just as when Andrew Jackson revolutionized the party in the 1820s at the head of a huge demographic shift driven by lots of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, religious partisanship was a function of migration more than any doctrine. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 May 2025 Following the Opera War, the old guard is weakened and the Russells stand poised to take their place at the head of society. Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 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 5 Jul. 2025.

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