pole position
Americannoun
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a position on the inside of the track in any race.
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(in auto racing) a starting position on the inside of the front row.
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an advantageous position.
noun
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(in motor racing) the starting position on the inside of the front row, generally considered the best one
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an advantageous starting position
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Lewis Hamilton has claimed his first pole position for Ferrari and his first for more than three years at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Meta has taken pole position there with its Muse agent, which has amassed over 10 million downloads since it launched in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The artificial-intelligence crisis recently started jostling for pole position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Verstappen finished Saturday in Singapore with pole position for the grand prix to add to the sprint-race victory he had completed in tricky wet conditions earlier in the day.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Choosin' Texas also rose to pole position on the UK singles chart at the start of September, where it replaced Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's Rein Me In.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
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