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as in personally
in person and usually privately
I won't believe that accusation until I meet with him face-to-face and ask him myself
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as in one-on-one
in direct confrontation or competition
came face-to-face with her lifelong fear of flying even before the plane left the runway
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Recent Examples of face-to-face
The Dinosaur Science Show, which brings audiences face-to-face with a life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex while exploring the science behind Earth's most legendary predators.
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Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 9 June 2026
In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
The future queen came face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend from her pre-William days, Rupert Finch, who was at the wedding with his wife, Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs, a co-founder of Beulah London, a brand Kate often wears.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 June 2026
Golbert, whose staff oversees the cases of more than 600 adults under guardianship, said face-to-face meetings are standard practice in his office prior to appointment and are crucial to properly assessing the person’s needs.
—Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
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Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 9 June 2026
In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
The future queen came face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend from her pre-William days, Rupert Finch, who was at the wedding with his wife, Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs, a co-founder of Beulah London, a brand Kate often wears.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 June 2026
Golbert, whose staff oversees the cases of more than 600 adults under guardianship, said face-to-face meetings are standard practice in his office prior to appointment and are crucial to properly assessing the person’s needs.
—Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
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Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Lestat, personally, finds his motivation in ways old and new.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 June 2026
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What makes season 6 a top-tier installment is witnessing two power alliances (the Friendship and the Sovereign 6) going head-to-head and trading blows back-and-forth every single week.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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If this trend continues, Raman will stay in her City Hall gig as Bass and Pratt go head-to-head in November.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 June 2026
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Perkins, who is CEO of Canva, addressed head-on the concerns among many who work in creative industries about the potential for AI to supplant human labor.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Figures of Crisis makes productive use of this commonplace idea by tackling it head-on and turning it inside out.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Face-to-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face-to-face. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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