in the lead

phrase

1
: in a position that is ahead of others
They walked single file, with the oldest boy in the lead.
2
: winning in a race or competition
Our team was in the lead.

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But in recent weeks, Fernandez has spent her nights and weekends in the lead up to Election Day phone banking and knocking on doors to get her neighbors to vote the amendment down. — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026 Some recent polls show Pulido in the lead, though election results in that region have at times defied expectations. — Connor Greene, Time, 30 Oct. 2026 But Jill Bruning, chief technology officer of Amentum and a member of the CNBC Technology Executive Council, said at the CNBC Workforce Executive Summit that strategy should be evolved to be humans in the lead. — Ian Thomas,colleen McKown, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 The lineup for the event remained under wraps in the lead-up to the show. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in the lead

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“In the lead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20lead. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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