front and center

adverb

: in or to the forefront of activity or consideration

Examples of front and center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ironically enough, the decision might give a boost to the economy, perhaps easing prices at a time when affordability is front and center in the midterm elections. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026

Reiss further said that dangling a worst-case scenario this early puts the conversation on affordability and government fiscal priorities front and center, instead of it being buried under other issues that will surface as election season kicks off. —Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026

These movies have the extraordinary merit of putting the passions of love and the obstacles to relationships front and center, balancing personal desires and social obligations on an equal footing, and thereby lending bourgeois life the grandeur of tragedy. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026

Whatever is front and center in the picture is up to each individual. —Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for front and center

• epicenter
• multicenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• tenter
• dissenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer