as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
the applicant with actual experience in pharmaceutical sales will definitely have the inside track for the job
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Recent Examples of inside track
What could be more flattering to a new college grad than spotting an email from a college professor who suddenly has an inside track on a job that seems just perfect.
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2024
Those living amidst a building boom would have a relative inside track to landing an affordable unit.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
Through Thomas, Tillman and his staff were getting an inside track with the younger O’Connell brother.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2024
Kremer would likely have an inside track to remain after going 13-5 with a 4.12 ERA.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2024
Those living amidst a building boom would have a relative inside track to landing an affordable unit.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
Through Thomas, Tillman and his staff were getting an inside track with the younger O’Connell brother.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2024
Kremer would likely have an inside track to remain after going 13-5 with a 4.12 ERA.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
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But that is becoming its strength: the G-20 has a comparative advantage in conferring legitimacy to collective action in an era when many global South states feel that the G-7 is no longer fit for purpose and efforts to reform the UN Security Council’s membership have hit a brick wall.Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
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After the margin shrunk to a few hundred votes on Election Day, Campos now holds a 2,442-vote advantage after the release of the most recent ballot results.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the insurgents detonated two car bombs at the western edge of Aleppo on Friday.Sarah el Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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While there’s nothing more rock and roll than a knee-length version, a cropped, motorcycle style in faux leather has more edge and can be worn into spring.Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
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Morgan says outsiders — like tech entrepreneur Beto Altamirano and former Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos — have an upper hand, in part because support among current councilmembers will be split.Megan Stringer, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
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Devine has upper hand in campaign support, experience Texas is one of eight states where partisan elections govern the selection of justices to the state's highest civil and criminal courts.Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Inside track.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inside%20track. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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