(sitting) in the catbird seat

idiom

US, informal

: in a very good position

The team was (sitting) in the catbird seat after winning 10 games in a row.

Examples of (sitting) in the catbird seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Seems to me that the Giants are in the catbird seat. —Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 24 July 2024

William Byron, on the other hand, is in the catbird seat among Hendrick Motorsports drivers and sits with a seven-point cushion above the cutoff line. —Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024

Wall Street's greatest bugaboo When interest rates were abnormally low, Wall Street was in the catbird seat - filling investors' income needs with stuff. —John S. Tobey, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022

The company makes packaging, which should put it in the catbird seat as e-commerce became many people’s go-to during the pandemic. —Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022

And Shanae is in the catbird seat, still mulling over whether to pick Logan or James. —Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022

In that battle, Aldi sits in the catbird seat, renowned for being one of the cheapest grocery stores around, having been named as Grocery Value Leader among U.S. grocery stores for the last ten years by Market Force Information. —Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 24 June 2021

The Falcons now sit in the catbird seat with the No. 4 pick. —BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021