commanding
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chief, first, foremost, head, high, lead, leading, preeminent, premier, presiding, primary, prime, principal, supereminent, supreme, top
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An autopsy was underway to confirm their identities, Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy, the commanding officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said at a news conference. — Dan Bilefsky, BostonGlobe.com, "Canadian Teenage Murder Suspects Found Dead, Police Say," 7 Aug. 2019 Jones has worked for DPS since September 2009, according to his LinkedIn page, and previously served as a commanding officer in the Navy. — Sara Coello, Dallas News, "Texas DPS intelligence chief charged with sexual assault, fired," 31 July 2019 Biden, who has a commanding lead in the polls, was the main target of the nine other candidates onstage, who picked at his record on immigration, criminal justice reform and climate change. — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, "CNN’s ratings rise to 10.7 million viewers for Round 2 of Democratic debate," 1 Aug. 2019 There was little to alter the dynamics of the race, in which Biden has a commanding lead. — Dana Milbank, The Mercury News, "Milbank: Biden was gloriously adequate in second Democratic debate," 1 Aug. 2019 Jurgen Klopp's side threw away a commanding lead following a defeat to City to miss out on a first league title for 29 years. — SI.com, "Raheem Sterling Admits He Was Happy to See Liverpool Win the Champions League," 27 July 2019 Since his entry in the race in late April, former Vice President Joe Biden has maintained a commanding lead in most national and early state polls. — Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY, "Democrats take first swipes, highlight their differences in first night of debate," 26 June 2019 Johnson has a commanding lead after three rounds of voting that cut the list from an initial 10 contenders. — Washington Post, "UK Tories to pick final 2 contenders for prime minister," 21 June 2019 With Apple’s chips already attaining a commanding lead in smartphones and tablets, the company is said to be looking toward putting them inside of Macs within the next couple years. — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, "Apple hires key ARM engineer in race to ditch Intel," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'commanding.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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