Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facing up (to)
Verb
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The rectangular homes often contained courtyards or fronting gardens; window boxes hung below wood-frame windows.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Dooley is teaming up with British journalist and doc maker Ben Zand on Untangled, while the comics behind Channel 4 comedy YouTube channel A Comedy Thing are fronting A News Thing.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Solving a problem as large as climate change requires confronting uncomfortable truths.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Battling ghosts means confronting death, and throughout Deliver Me from Nowhere, there are long shots of Springsteen staring at elderly men.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Snell was facing a rookie making his seventh big-league start.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Now, nearly three years later, could Meta be facing its own ChatGPT moment?—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Photos shared by the brand Seventy One Gin — which was serving up golden martinis throughout the evening — showed the mom-of-four rocking two daring outfits for the occasion.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on daring discoveries and classic coffee.—
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dinnertime may mean braving the cold outside.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
29 Oct. 2025
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But for now, the best view from Turn 1 costs only the extra price of showing up early and braving the midday Texas sun.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 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 1 Nov. 2025.
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