driver's seats

noun

plural of driver's seat
as in helms
the place of leadership or command with her boss's early retirement, she unexpectedly found herself in the driver's seat

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  1. helms
  2. heads
  3. reins
  4. chairs
Noun
  • Shimmy helms chorus duties before passing the baton to Future, who shades a woman he’s done with.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026
  • DeMicco helms Margie Claus from a script by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of helms
Noun
  • With four days between their embarrassing road loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday and Thursday’s home game versus the Buffalo Sabres, many in the hockey world wondered if heads would begin to roll in Chicago.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Manchester United is in 18th place as the Premier League heads into a two-week international break.
    — Zahin Das, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of heads
Noun
  • Chapek thought Iger was out to undermine him as CEO and eager to reclaim the reins.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The correction, Garcia had taught her, was to hit the animal in the face with the reins.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of reins
Noun
  • Throughout the yard is plenty of seating, both tables and chairs for entertaining and benches for contemplation — although Julie noted that there have been times they’ve been inundated with mosquitos.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • On one court, a dozen kids dribbled through drills at a clinic while their parents looked on from plush leather chairs.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of chairs
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“Driver's seats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driver%27s%20seats. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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