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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
Before that, the Duke of Sussex hadn’t seen his father face-to-face since February 2024, the same month the monarch announced his cancer diagnosis.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
28 June 2026
The 2028 release date will put Donkey face-to-face with Paramount's live-action Call of Duty movie, which is due to bow on the same day.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
Robotic teaching assistant Designed for interactive, face-to-face engagement, the M-Series robot combines natural language processing, expressive facial movements and real-time conversational abilities to communicate with students in a human-like manner during classroom activities.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 June 2026
There are proven health benefits to seeking out face-to-face interaction with other people.
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Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
28 June 2026
The 2028 release date will put Donkey face-to-face with Paramount's live-action Call of Duty movie, which is due to bow on the same day.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
Robotic teaching assistant Designed for interactive, face-to-face engagement, the M-Series robot combines natural language processing, expressive facial movements and real-time conversational abilities to communicate with students in a human-like manner during classroom activities.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 June 2026
There are proven health benefits to seeking out face-to-face interaction with other people.
—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for face-to-face
Recent Examples of Synonyms for face-to-face
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The photo was accompanied by a caption personally written by the princess.
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To not take things personally, my boundaries.
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There are 16 head-to-head matchups Sunday at Sonoma, with the highest finisher advancing to the next round.
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Sinner leads the head-to-head 6-5.
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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.
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Figures of Crisis makes productive use of this commonplace idea by tackling it head-on and turning it inside out.
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