faces off

present tense third-person singular of face off
as in competes
to engage in a contest eager to face off with her longtime tennis rival

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Recent Examples of faces off Big Ten football returns on Saturday when Michigan (4-2) faces off against Washington (5-1) in a clash that could transform either team’s season. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faces off
Verb
  • The tech giant competes heavily on AI services with Apple, Google and startups like Anthropic and OpenAI.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, Oracle has expanded its cloud infrastructure division that competes with the likes of Amazon and Google.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • Donahue contends the exemptions created in the bill are going to leave towns, cities and the state on the hook for an expensive cleanup.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Such deportation, her legal team contends, would send her into the custody of the same Army that has killed dozens of her family members.
    Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • As the science races forward, the number of type 1 diabetes cases is surging.
    Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google As SpaceX races to dominate satellite-to-phone services, Verizon is doubling down on rival AST SpaceMobile instead.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Faces off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faces%20off. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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