FACING UP (TO) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

facing up (to)

verb

present participle of face up (to)

as in fronting

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Both shows are hosted by influencers, with Charles Brockman III fronting Substitute Teacher and Laro Benz doing House Rules.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Despite having retired from soccer years ago, David Beckham has noticeably been one of the most visible faces of this World Cup, fronting numerous commercials.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 July 2026

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The hero’s victory comes not from acquiring gold but from confronting inner obstacles and emerging with a deeper understanding of themselves.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Someone has probably told you that laughter is the best medicine, but in Cat Cohen’s case, a combination of arthroscopic heart surgery and actual, honest-to-God confronting her feelings onstage has proven an effective long-term care plan.

— Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026

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Multiple schools are at the center of incidents in which teens are facing legal consequences for generating fake explicit images of their classmates.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
European football returns to Wrexham this week with the size of the task facing the hosts clear on their Women’s Champions League debut.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of facing

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Hermetically sealed tableaux of haughty models daring you to look away from their perfection.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debate was needed before teams signed off on the daring attempt.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 19 July 2026

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Instead, find a way to engineer genuine positive feelings into the behavior, like Dunn cycling to work instead of braving a traffic-heavy commute.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
For the crowd that still stretched several heads deep in many nooks along Hope Street, braving the sun provided a positively patriotic experience that didn't disappoint.

— Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026

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