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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 Talk a little bit about the importance of just the face-to-face right now. Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 Hart will insult Hammerstein as a third-rate talent and then, upon being face-to-face with his rival, spews over-the-top compliments. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025 Contestants form bonds and make compatibility decisions while chatting through a wall, eventually getting engaged before meeting face-to-face for the first time. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 There is nothing worse than grinding for hours, leveling up, and finally getting face-to-face with the boss in your game, only to see your screen buffer and the PC lag. PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for face-to-face
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Adverb
  • The 70-year-old former statesman, who was acquitted of personally receiving or using the funds, has continued to profess his innocence.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Memory bumps across the lifespan in personally meaningful music.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • At the time, the Ferrari 512 BB was going head-to-head with the Lamborghini Countach, which boasted a higher top speed of 192 mph, or four mph faster than the 512 BB’s claimed top speed of 188 mph.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The championship brought together teams from across Europe to showcase their small but agile robots in a series of head-to-head battles.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In the new study, led by Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, researchers suggest that the oblong shape of the basin isn't from a head-on collision with an asteroid coming from the south, as previously believed.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, if Chris faces this whole thing head-on, people will respect her for it.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Face-to-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face-to-face. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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