as in helm
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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Recent Examples of driver's seat
Atlanta Falcons 34, New York Giants 7: Michael Penix Jr. won in his first NFL start, sending the Giants to a franchise-record 10-game losing streak and into the driver's seat for the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
And in the operator's compartment, the driver's seat will be centrally located for better visibility.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
According to court documents, Ian Cramer got into the driver's seat of his parents' vehicle after his mother stepped out, reversed through the hospital's ambulance bay garage door and fled.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Seconds later, who should appear by the driver's seat but AC/DC frontman, Brian Johnson.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
And in the operator's compartment, the driver's seat will be centrally located for better visibility.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
According to court documents, Ian Cramer got into the driver's seat of his parents' vehicle after his mother stepped out, reversed through the hospital's ambulance bay garage door and fled.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Seconds later, who should appear by the driver's seat but AC/DC frontman, Brian Johnson.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for driver's seat
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At last count, four separate groups had launched, with a long list of civic leaders at their helms.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Amin died in 2019 but passed Capitol Bowl’s ownership down to his son Ron, and Ball remains at the kitchen’s helm.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
John Roach,
NOLA.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
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The only person who seems appropriately upset about the whole thing is Mullen's daughter Alex (Caplan), a congresswoman who conveniently becomes chair of the oversight committee monitoring Mullen's work.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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For instance: increasing your repetitions, incorporating tools like exercise bands or finding increasingly harder versions of your exercises, like putting your legs on a chair to make a push-up more difficult.—
Christie Aschwanden,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Driver's seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driver%27s%20seat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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