catbird seat

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Recent Examples of catbird seat The upstart state assemblymember is at the forefront of a coalition of progressives seeking to block former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from taking the proverbial catbird seat in Gracie Mansion. James Powel, USA Today, 24 June 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
Noun
  • Keller took advantage and scored after two of the gaffes and the third killed a drive in the end zone.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The veteran right-hander — who grew up in Anaheim — had sharp command of his pitches and used it to his advantage throughout the night.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a drama moving relentlessly toward division and war, the actions of the great powers—especially of the United States—occupy center stage.
    Kornel Chang September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Four years later, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducteees have returned to center stage to share music from their first new album in over 40 years.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The fear of a man with a single foot over a cliff edge.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The Lexington community, still reeling from a 5-year-old’s death in a home explosion five months ago, is on edge after gas lines continue to get hit by companies installing fiber optic cables.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While the app is available and encouraged year-round, the week was a spotlight on the importance of joint effort when conserving the environment, Zirk said.
    Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In recent years, the Grammys have put an extra spotlight on one or more recently deceased artists per year, sometimes as part of the In Memoriam spot and sometimes apart from it.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Winged munition autonomously detects moving targets Raytheon also highlighted that the StormBreaker smart weapon gives operators an upper hand in combat by hitting moving targets in some of the worst weather conditions.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Those deep ties might give EssilorLuxottica or L’Oréal an upper hand compared to LVMH.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This surprisingly early Coachella talent announcement includes its regular roster of pop superstar headliners, with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G taking top billing among dozens of other genre spanning acts.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Krispy Kreme's original melt-in-your-mouth glazed donut will always get top billing on the menu.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Microsoft’s whip hand, more than anything, else, comes down to cold hard cash.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • 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
Noun
  • Trumps otherwise basked in the royal limelight on Wednesday, visibly enjoying the pomp and ceremony, which included a royal gun salute, carriage procession through Windsor and guard of honor.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • After a bit of talking back and forth, the couple had their official first date in New York and, since then, have been unable to stay away from the public and media limelight.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Catbird seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catbird%20seat. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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