brazens

verb

present tense third-person singular of brazen
as in confronts
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke

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  1. confronts
  2. faces
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  • In a dystopian Madrid where children become the legal guardians of their parents, María confronts the system when her mother is admitted to La edad menor, an irreversible process of infantilization.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Phillips’s Bowery show confronts the local-global conundrum head-on by organizing the most extensive exhibition about a single street ever installed at an art museum.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of confronts
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  • Frankel also faces investment adviser fraud and false-statement counts over SEC filings that allegedly concealed his conviction and a Finra suspension.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Ives fund will debut just as the AI industry faces internal and external calls to slow the pace of innovation amid mounting safety concerns.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of faces
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“Brazens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brazens. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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