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pole position

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noun pole positions

  1. countable, uncountable The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line. Smith once again enjoys the pole position.
  2. broadly, countable, uncountable First place. The England manager and his players hardly deserve too much criticism after move into pole position in their group, but that comes with the caveat that there will be much sterner tests to come in the months ahead.

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@misc{pole_position_2026,
  title = {pole position},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pole%20position},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}