How to Use vis-à-vis in a Sentence

vis-à-vis

1 of 2 preposition

• The vis-a-vis dinette just past the foot of the bed can convert to create a second bed.
  — New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026
• That trap was designed to kill everyone vis-a-vis a horde of zombies.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• The state’s recovery has been sluggish vis-a-vis those of other states.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
• The vis-a-vis bench seats are fixed on either side of a removable dining table.
  — New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
• The interior includes two seats up front and four seats laid out in vis-a-vis arrangement in the rear.
  — New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2024
• The vis-a-vis dinette transforms into a single bed, and buyers can add an upper bed to create a double bunk area.
  — New Atlas, 29 June 2025
• That main bed joins what Berg refers to as a three-quarter bed, which converts over from the vis-a-vis dinette just in front of the rear slide-out.
  — New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2026
• Morrow should not have this easy a time at infiltrating Prodigy vis-a-vis naive children.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• There’s a political dimension to this too, that the book talks about vis-a-vis the Reagan era.
  — Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
• This likely helps explain the China's tough stance vis-a-vis US tariffs.
  — Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
• During the day, the bed cushions reposition into a pair of vis-a-vis sofa benches.
  — New Atlas, 3 July 2025
• More of that; unfortunately, the presumption that the government is acting in good faith vis-a-vis the courts is a thing of the past.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
• For the week, crude oil prices are up nearly 10% and that is something with the potential to upset the progress made vis-a-vis inflation.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• That could influence some choices as well, especially vis-a-vis the center position.
  — Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 11 Apr. 2024
• Peace progresses its layout beyond the vis-a-vis sidewall sofa/kitchen floor plan that's become a staple of early ID.
  — New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
• Trump lambasted the Bush administration's foreign policy vis-a-vis the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  — Sonam Sheth, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
• But car safety experts recommend postponing the big turnaround until your child is as close to 4 as possible, when his bones are more formed and his head is more proportionate vis-a-vis the rest of his body.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
• Depending upon the size of the truck bed, the dining set comprises a vis-a-vis layout with cushioned seats on either side of a Lagun swivel table or a single bench on one side of the table.
  — New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025
• The second pivots that bench around to a longitudinal position against the driver's sidewall, creating a vis-a-vis dining lounge in partnership with the passenger-side bench across the way.
  — New Atlas, 15 July 2025
• Whichever seats the buyer chooses, they're designed to be faced forward or rearward, allowing for vis-a-vis business van configurations that promote meetings and discussion on the move.
  — New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
• Glazer has clearly failed to measure this responsibility, including vis-a-vis the destruction of the European Jews.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
• This variant may be responsible for the elevated kidney failure rates of African Americans vis-a-vis other populations.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
• The official added that the most important issue for Ukraine now is how to get it in the strongest possible position vis-a-vis Russia and to compel Putin to negotiate.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
• Generally speaking, economists may have some serious competitive disadvantages vis-a-vis lawyers in the political world.
  — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
• But in trying to shore up its security vis-a-vis Azerbaijan, Armenia has inadvertently delivered a stinging snub to Russia.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 17 Sep. 2023
• The structure of corporate governance, which includes the makeup and authority of boards of directors vis-a-vis managements, has a fundamental impact on how a company is operated.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• California fares very poorly vis-a-vis other states in federal academic testing — seventh from the bottom — and there’s a yawning achievement gap separating low income students from their more privileged classmates.
  — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
• However, China’s dividend payout ratio, which measures the dividends doled out to shareholders vis-a-vis the company’s net income, still lags behind some of its Asian counterparts.
  — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
• Left-wing Kurdish militias had carved out their own de facto state during the civil war that began in 2011, establishing a largely neutral position vis-a-vis the Assad government vs rebel forces.
  — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2026
• Given his leadership position in the wind energy sector, Vaughan surely knows (or should know) the concerns about the high cost-to-benefit ratios associated with industrial wind farms vis-a-vis other types of electricity generation.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2025

vis-à-vis

2 of 2 noun

• Its views of its role, vis-a-vis the other branches.
  — CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
• Morrow should not have this easy a time at infiltrating Prodigy vis-a-vis naive children.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Users can slide both rear seats forward for the ride to free more luggage space in back, then slide them back to create a spacious vis-a-vis lounge in conjunction with the two swivel seats in the cab.
  — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
• For all its trials and tribulations, Chicagoland retains enviable advantages vis-a-vis other metro areas, but its growth over more than a decade seriously lags many of those peer regions.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
• The leverage the Houthis are gaining vis-a-vis Saudi Arabia and on the battlefield in Yemen could come at the cost of their broader standing in Yemen.
  — Mahad D. Darar, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
• Whichever seats the buyer chooses, they're designed to be faced forward or rearward, allowing for vis-a-vis business van configurations that promote meetings and discussion on the move.
  — New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
• Advertisement When friends look elsewhere The case of India is different because, to borrow a metaphor Trump has used vis-a-vis the Ukraine-Russia war, India holds lots of cards.
  — Tom Nagorski, Time, 1 Oct. 2025