in the second place
idiom
—used when listing the most important parts of something or the most important reasons for something
I'm not going to tell you because, in the first place, it's none of your business, and in the second place, you would tell everyone else.
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The other candidates are Xochitl Galvez who is in the second place position right now according to polls, and a third candidate, Jorge Maynez.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Tokyo is joined on the list by Seoul in the second place spot, followed by Halong Bay, Vietnam in third; Palawan Island, Philippines in fourth; and Sapa, Vietnam rounding out the top five.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
So there's a little movement around there, around Gov. DeSantis in the second place race.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 24 July 2023
In the first place, dealing with the competition with China in the Far East and across the Pacific Ocean; in the second place is Russia, where the U.S. expects NATO and European countries to lead the fight against Russia with direct and indirect aid to Ukraine.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2023
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Tokyo is joined on the list by Seoul in the second place spot, followed by Halong Bay, Vietnam in third; Palawan Island, Philippines in fourth; and Sapa, Vietnam rounding out the top five.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
So there's a little movement around there, around Gov. DeSantis in the second place race.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 24 July 2023
In the first place, dealing with the competition with China in the Far East and across the Pacific Ocean; in the second place is Russia, where the U.S. expects NATO and European countries to lead the fight against Russia with direct and indirect aid to Ukraine.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2023
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“In the second place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20second%20place. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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