alpha male

noun

: dominant male
a fight in the pack between a young wolf and the alpha male

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Middleton should be the alpha male in the locker room. Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025 Another possibility may be that, once established, an alpha male simply doesn’t need to spar as intensely or as often as before. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025 One of her sons is now the alpha male of the Mollie’s pack. Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2025 Telemetry collars are integral to tracking the population and wolves’ activities, and officials aim to have two collared wolves in each pack, typically on the alpha male and female. Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for alpha male 

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