Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facing up (to)
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This weekend, the performer will be fronting the Season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live on NBC.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The reconfiguration includes a wide promenade with a multi-use path fronting the project site.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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But while Christy flaunts a fiery persona in the ring, her toughest battles unfold outside it—confronting family, identity, and a relationship that just might become life-or-death.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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The star compares calling out the sketch, which poked fun at her accent and teeth, to confronting a bully.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Single service handles not stored facing one direction to minimize hand contact with the business end or with the handle facing upright.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Partner at NewVest Ariel Ezrahi In such an environment, expanding retail-facing funds becomes an appealing lever, providing access to fresh money even as the traditional institutional pipeline weakens, private-equity players told CNBC.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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All day, fans have been buzzing online, daring each other to out-scream every stop before them after Yeonjun teased that some crowds weren’t loud enough.—
Crystal Bell,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rempe stood out in early scrimmages for his daring drives to the net and nonstop activity in the offensive zone, which has carried over into preseason games.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The story set in Minnesota and shot in Finland, was a first for Thompson who totes a gun while braving a deep freeze.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of Filipinos massed in the capital on the main Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, a historic highway known by its acronym EDSA, many either clad in white or wearing a white ribbon, and braving extreme heat and rain.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Facing up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facing%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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