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Recent Examples of facedown
Queen of Hearts is played by setting up a board with cards face down and numbers on the back.
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Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
One of the positions that officers have been trained to restrain suspects in is the prone position: putting them face down, before forcing their arms behind their back and handcuffing them.
—Sam Eagan, New Yorker, 29 July 2025
The owner of a marina bar near the location where Heinz's body was spotted told Fox News Digital the young fisherman found the body face down and wrapped in duckweed.
—Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
His body was found floating face down in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home.
—Jack Hannah, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
One of the positions that officers have been trained to restrain suspects in is the prone position: putting them face down, before forcing their arms behind their back and handcuffing them.
—Sam Eagan, New Yorker, 29 July 2025
The owner of a marina bar near the location where Heinz's body was spotted told Fox News Digital the young fisherman found the body face down and wrapped in duckweed.
—Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
His body was found floating face down in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home.
—Jack Hannah, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
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Trump said the aggressive steps were necessary to combat crime in the city, even though Washington's violent crime rate was down 26% in 2025 compared with last year.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The gains came mainly from exports to the U.S. Without their impact, the overall tally would have been down 0.9 percent, the industry body said.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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For the most recent annual series from April 2023 through March 2024, the initial three monthly estimates were revised downward about 16% on average.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The original ordinance restricted the use of searchlights, while newer ones cover everything from outdoor lighting brightness to directing light downward, keeping light pollution minimal.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The visage on the right, also gilded above the midline and black below, greets us with notable features, potentially alluding to evolution.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Drop a comment with your thoughts on Days‘ latest twist below.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Facedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facedown. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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