in the lead
idiom
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.
Examples of in the lead in a Sentence
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The latest films, directed by Dennis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet in the lead role, are also now available to stream.
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Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
Spike Lee remade the beloved Korean film in 2013, with Josh Brolin in the lead role.
—EW.com, 31 May 2024
Close proximity to the top of our motherboard helped put it in the lead for voltage-regulator cooling, while graphics-card cooling…well, failed.
—PCMAG, 25 May 2024
The fraught political environment has done little to warm bipartisan negotiations over the border, and in the lead up to Thursday's vote, each party has accused the other of playing politics.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 23 May 2024
During her first meeting with the actress, Headland showed concept art imagining Stenberg in the lead role.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
It was first produced on Broadway in 1959, with Carol Burnett in the lead role as Princess Winifred, an unabashed and sometimes uncouth potential bride for the prince.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Lilly, a 1987 graduate of the Annapolis private school, spent 20 years as a coach in the program, the past nine in the lead varsity role.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
Milwaukee's election officials have faced intense scrutiny in recent years, especially from conspiracies that stem from absentee-ballot returns that are often posted late in the night, sometimes changing which candidate is in the lead.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
Spike Lee remade the beloved Korean film in 2013, with Josh Brolin in the lead role.
—EW.com, 31 May 2024
Close proximity to the top of our motherboard helped put it in the lead for voltage-regulator cooling, while graphics-card cooling…well, failed.
—PCMAG, 25 May 2024
The fraught political environment has done little to warm bipartisan negotiations over the border, and in the lead up to Thursday's vote, each party has accused the other of playing politics.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 23 May 2024
During her first meeting with the actress, Headland showed concept art imagining Stenberg in the lead role.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
It was first produced on Broadway in 1959, with Carol Burnett in the lead role as Princess Winifred, an unabashed and sometimes uncouth potential bride for the prince.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Lilly, a 1987 graduate of the Annapolis private school, spent 20 years as a coach in the program, the past nine in the lead varsity role.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
Milwaukee's election officials have faced intense scrutiny in recent years, especially from conspiracies that stem from absentee-ballot returns that are often posted late in the night, sometimes changing which candidate is in the lead.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
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