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
In a video shared to Instagram on Monday by Johnson's wife, Carrie Johnson, the politician can be seen sitting in the driver's seat of a car while visiting what appears to be a drive-through wildlife park or safari.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Wilder yelled at Seacrest before jumping into the driver's seat, honking the horn, and high-fiving his wife, Katie, who joined him on stage.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The footage shows the woman sitting in the driver's seat in her parked car, and her dog is in the back.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Authorities believe Chosen was excited about the outing and went to the car to wait for his family, and then found the handgun under the driver's seat, police said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Wilder yelled at Seacrest before jumping into the driver's seat, honking the horn, and high-fiving his wife, Katie, who joined him on stage.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The footage shows the woman sitting in the driver's seat in her parked car, and her dog is in the back.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Authorities believe Chosen was excited about the outing and went to the car to wait for his family, and then found the handgun under the driver's seat, police said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for driver's seat
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At Sequoia’s helm for over 25 years, Leone led several notable investments for the firm, including familiar names like Palantir, ServiceNow, Nubank, Medallia, Snowflake, Wiz and RingCentral.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The Republican Party, with Trump at its helm, will be hoping to make much political capital from the allegations.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
Noun
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There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.—
Mike Hutton,
Post-Tribune,
19 July 2017
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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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Robbie said the now-assistants’ desk chairs was used by Will Ferrell and his Mattel execs Take a sneak peak inside Margot Robbie’s office!—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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My back hurt from that sad excuse for a chair (seriously, who designs dining chairs to feel like medieval torture devices?).—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Driver's seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driver%27s%20seat. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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