as in fronts
a forward part or surface
the forehead of the ancient temple features a frieze of dramatically posed figures
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Recent Examples of foreheads
Supporters also lined up to touch their foreheads to the Aryatara's feet, a sign of respect in Hindu tradition, and offered her money and flowers.
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Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
People have ascended them on unicycles, climbed them while wearing high heels, and while pushing peanuts with prongs attached to their foreheads.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Ash Wednesday this year – one of the most somber celebrations in the Catholic calendar, marking the beginning of Lent – saw a flurry of videos posted by Gen Z showing off their ashy foreheads.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
In the adorable close-up image, Waterhouse and her daughter, whose name hasn't been revealed, sweetly lean on each other's foreheads.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
People line up to receive tilak, or sacred ash, from Hindu priests — who also come from India — on their foreheads and drink small ladles of holy water.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Despite the rain, the athletes play on, hair sticking to foreheads and shirts sticking to skin.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
These features include round faces, enlarged eyes, large foreheads and small chins.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
On Instagram Stories, Carpenter shared 10 white hearts above an engagement photo of the couple embracing with their foreheads touching.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
People have ascended them on unicycles, climbed them while wearing high heels, and while pushing peanuts with prongs attached to their foreheads.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Ash Wednesday this year – one of the most somber celebrations in the Catholic calendar, marking the beginning of Lent – saw a flurry of videos posted by Gen Z showing off their ashy foreheads.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
In the adorable close-up image, Waterhouse and her daughter, whose name hasn't been revealed, sweetly lean on each other's foreheads.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
People line up to receive tilak, or sacred ash, from Hindu priests — who also come from India — on their foreheads and drink small ladles of holy water.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Despite the rain, the athletes play on, hair sticking to foreheads and shirts sticking to skin.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
These features include round faces, enlarged eyes, large foreheads and small chins.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
On Instagram Stories, Carpenter shared 10 white hearts above an engagement photo of the couple embracing with their foreheads touching.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreheads
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Having fought Trump most of this year on a variety of fronts, Newsom has put a lot of his own political capital on the line with California’s redistricting measure Proposition 50.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
26 Oct. 2025
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Combined with earlier work, it's become clear that these men were under microbial assault on all fronts.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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During the festival, SCAD will introduce new backlot facades as well as plans for two new soundstages and 11 new classrooms set to open in 2026.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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On Wednesday, the team announced the creation of a new way to evaluate the performance of photoactive materials for semi-transparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs), which could transform how energy is harvested through everyday surfaces like windows, screens, and facades.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Foreheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreheads. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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