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Recent Examples of facedown
Angela Prichard was found lying face down in the kennel's washroom when investigators arrived at the scene.
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Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
Turn the pans face down onto the cooling rack, and carefully lift them off.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
Glaser was found face down in the bathtub, WCAU reported citing court records.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Seeing Hill face down on the ground surrounded by officers who were not Black like him, my mind raced to George Floyd.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
Turn the pans face down onto the cooling rack, and carefully lift them off.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
Glaser was found face down in the bathtub, WCAU reported citing court records.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Seeing Hill face down on the ground surrounded by officers who were not Black like him, my mind raced to George Floyd.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facedown
Adverb
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Mate Dei, down 3-1, loaded the bases with two out in the 10th.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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That was down from 39% in 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.—
Jeremy Cox,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Draw a line from those two stars downward (north) and one encounters Polaris.—
Jesse Emspak,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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These showed that a chunk was missing from the bottom of Earth’s crust beneath the volcanoes: For some reason, the bottom of the crust became heavy and dripped downward from the top part, leaving a gap.—
Alexandra Witze,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2025
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Keep scrolling below to learn more about these fashion moments from over the weekend.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Facedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facedown. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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