frontline

adjective front·line \ ˈfrənt-ˌlīn \

|Updated on: 13 Jul 2018

Examples: frontline in a Sentence

Definition of frontline

1 : relating to, being, or involved in a front line

frontline ambulances

2 : first-rate

frontline teachers

; also : first-string

a frontline goalie

Examples of frontline in a Sentence

if I'm having brain surgery, I want it done at a frontline hospital

Recent Examples of frontline from the Web

According to employee surveys, many frontline workers believed the executives were out of touch and overpaid, the report said.

— grant schulte, The Seattle Times, "Report: Lax Goodwill Omaha allowed CEO to make $1 mln a year," 26 June 2018
Touré’s team has vaccinated 1,611, including 574 frontline health workers.

— dina fine maron, Scientific American, "How Ebola Vaccines Have Helped to Usher In a New Era in the Outbreak Response," 23 June 2018
Bavaria has been Germany’s frontline state in the migration crisis, with the biggest influx coming from neighboring Austria.

— bojan pancevski, WSJ, "Merkel’s Government Avoids Collapse Over Migrant Battle, at Least for Now," 18 June 2018
With America’s lust for energy (the U.S. accounts for 18 percent of the world's energy consumption), the impacts on frontline families remains uncertain.

— megan ditrolio, Marie Claire, "Fracking: The Environmental Crisis in Our Backyard," 13 June 2018
That was the pitch that made him a frontline starter many nights.

— sam mellinger, kansascity, "Mellinger Minutes: Danny Duffy good again, Royals and 100 losses, and, oh yes, the Chiefs," 12 June 2018
Duplantier is widely considered the Diamondbacks’ top pitching prospect and has the potential to be a frontline starter.

— jesse yomtov, USA TODAY, "Five sensible proposals for a Manny Machado trade," 23 May 2018
DefenseOne also gives a more recent example: a MTRC supporting U.S. forces in Syria welded together two transportable sleeping units to create a frontline emergency room.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "U.S. Commandos Have Their Own Mobile, Modular Workshops," 30 May 2018
Delta began rolling out new uniforms for 64,000 of its frontline workers Tuesday.

— ben mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, "'Passport Plum?' Delta rolls out new uniforms for 64,000 frontline workers," 29 May 2018

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First Known Use of frontline

1915

in the meaning defined at sense 1

See Words from the same year

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frontline Synonyms

Phrases

out of this world, too much;

Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

front line

noun

Definition of front line

1 a : a military line formed by the most advanced tactical combat units; also : front 2a(2)

b : an area of potential or actual conflict or struggle

2 : the most advanced, responsible, or visible position in a field or activity

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Examples of front line in a Sentence

These researchers are on the front line of defense against cancer.
She has been working on the front lines to educate the poor.

Recent Examples of front line from the Web

As such, Culver saw the Great Recession, with its depressed U.S. real estate market, from the front lines.

— steve jagler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Jagler: Former MGIC CEO Curt Culver shares secrets to career happiness," 29 June 2018
Once the capital of Soviet Ukraine, a center of manufacturing and trade, of literature and art, Kharkiv is the closest metropolis to the front line, an ancient city on the brink.

— linda kinstler, Longreads, "Angrily Experiencing the Best Days of Our Lives," 27 June 2018
First, from Margaret down to the front line, this organization values and rewards authenticity.

— Fortune, "Synchrony Financial," 26 June 2018
Gao’s piece was circulated last week among bureaucrats at the Commerce Ministry, which has been on the front lines of the trade dispute, said one agency official, who asked not to be named because the discussions were private.

— Bloomberg.com, "China Begins to Question Whether It’s Ready for a Trade War," 26 June 2018
Her child soldier had returned from the front lines alive.

— jeremy roebuck, Philly.com, "Ex-child soldiers say Delco man turned them into killers," 19 June 2018
As the opener began, Oleg A., the battalion commander, led a Times reporter, photographer and translator along a two-mile excursion of Ukrainian combat positions near the front line, to see if any of his troops were watching.

— jeré longman, New York Times, "Watching the World Cup in a War Zone, Where Every Goal Matters," 15 June 2018
Employees credit the Creole Cuisine management with being good listeners and for implementing ideas learned from the front lines of their businesses.

— greg larose, NOLA.com, "Top Workplaces: Creole Cuisine family inspires its employees to grow," 24 May 2018
Oguwmike, the 2014 WNBA rookie of the year and 2016 comeback player of the year (averaging 12.6 points and 6.7 rebounds) returns as an anchor on a formidable front line that was a work in progress, and eventually a stabilizing force, in her absence.

— mike anthony, courant.com, "Connecticut Sun Bring Loaded Frontcourt, And High Expecations, Into 2018 Season," 2 May 2018

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