front and center

adverb

: in or to the forefront of activity or consideration

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Discovering nonfiction that reads like a story but keeps the scholarship front and center is the great white whale hunt for bookish adventurers. Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025 Democrats put this issue front and center in the month-and-a-half government shutdown, banging the drum about the looming expiration and slamming Republicans’ hesitation to extend the subsidies. David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025 The British pop star, who recently bought a mansion in Coral Gables, is front and center during Miami Art Week this year. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025 Kathryn Akuahah Wheaton — an Elder and tribal advisor for the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Tribe — supports Collins’ efforts to keep Native Americans front and center on the state flag. Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for front and center

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of front and center was in 1938

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“Front and center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20and%20center. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.

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