"it leads with" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is often used to indicate that something is the main or primary aspect or element in a particular situation or context. Example: The article on the new technology leads with its benefits for the environment, highlighting its potential to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainability.
The specs aren't much to talk about – you really get the sense a company doesn't have a lot to hang its hat on when it leads with the fingerprint reader.
"It leads with innovation, disruptive innovation".
It leads with the "trau".
It leads with: "Egypt faces the unknown", followed by "suspicious disappearance of police spurs thugs to loot houses and shops".
That field plus a group of adjacent gas fields known collectively as Greater Gorgon, all operated by ChevronTexaco as part of a consortium it leads with Royal/Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil, represent Australia's largest known gas reserve.
It leads with African-American luminaries like Spike Lee, Oprah, and P. Diddy ("I felt like my vote was the vote that put him into office. It was down to one vote, and that was going to be my vote").
So when The New York Sun, a daily set to begin publishing on April 16, announced its lineup of writers last week, it led with James E. Cayne, the chairman and chief executive of the Bear Stearns Companies.
It led with 20 minutes to go, but in the end its players, too, were forced into mistakes and the All Blacks capitalized to claim a thrilling 38-27 victory and cement their status as the best in the world.
Israel's media was so unenthusiastic it led with the news of Britain's royal birth.
It led with 'Everyone wanting to join the team, and nobody wanting to leave'; second came 'Winning the World Cup in 2003'; third was 'Inspiring our nation'.
It led with this: "Psychoanalysis is not only coloring our literature, but, as a natural result, is creeping into and influencing life in many other directions".
