as in frontal
being at or in the part of something opposite the back part
visitors use the front door, but family knows to go around to the side entrance
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as in show
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
that smile is just a front—I don't think she actually likes me at all
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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
are we making any progress on the marketing front?
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Recent Examples of front
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 June 2025
Enter through the front door at the left side of this porch and you will be greeted by an entry foyer and open floor plan.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
Thomas Drance, New York Times, 17 June 2025
But while Florence and Pitti are front of mind right now, Hilfiger has a lot of other things on his plate, notably Formula 1.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Ashley Vega, People.com, 3 June 2025
Machado began the scoring with a home run off the ribbon scoreboard fronting the second deck of seats beyond left field in the first inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
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Adjective
Tomorrow's front page: Bullying Probe at BBC Breakfasthttps://t.co/05uHnC9u5n pic.twitter.com/hD4oRqBsxo
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 15, 2025
Frediani has not responded to requests for comment.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 June 2025
Enter through the front door at the left side of this porch and you will be greeted by an entry foyer and open floor plan.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
Noun
Boeser’s contributions at the net front on the power play are high-end.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 17 June 2025
But while Florence and Pitti are front of mind right now, Hilfiger has a lot of other things on his plate, notably Formula 1.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Verb
In response, the mother confiscates Ava’s car keys and insists that Ava pay her back for the towing fee, despite not being the one fronting the bill.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 3 June 2025
Machado began the scoring with a home run off the ribbon scoreboard fronting the second deck of seats beyond left field in the first inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for front
Adjective
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Over four seasons of The Righteous Gemstones, viewers could rely on certain things: male full frontal, jokes about ass play, a moment of physical comedy from Edi Patterson’s petulant and petty Judy Gemstone that might cause your face to break from laughter.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
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Or consider the sizable percentage of death row prisoners with histories of traumatic brain injury to their frontal cortex.—
Jessica Riskin,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The brick facade will be about 75 feet tall, with the stadium rising 101 feet to the top of the canopy along Wells Street.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Krafty Photos Photo : Krafty Photos Outdoor art complements the facade’s contemporary design.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
16 June 2025
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There might've been a little fear getting three of us back onto a set that is a big monster show.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Under Meadow’s stewardship, MTC has produced over 600 world, American, New York and Broadway premieres, including 61 shows at its Broadway home, now named the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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Two Kansas City suburbs are home to some of the safest drivers in the country, a new report says, while other parts of the area has become substantially more risky to drive in over the last 10 years.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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While comparing the skulls of common chipmunks and voles found in the Chicagoland area collected over the past 125 years, a team found evidence that these rodents have been adapting to life in an increasingly urban environment.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Denmark face France and Germany play Italy in the remaining two other quarter-finals on Sunday.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Limited to only 60-70 pitches, the 24-year-old Tidwell threw 74 of them, with Mendoza wanting left-hander Jose Castillo to face No. 9 hitter Brandon Marsh, another lefty.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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The same oxytocin and vasopressin systems responsible for long-term romantic bonding in monogamous species are also activated in human relationships, with observable effects on neural regions like the anterior cingulate cortex, ventral pallidum and insula.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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That’s why the most common locations for stress reactions are in the bones of the feet, such as the calcaneus, fifth metatarsal, sesamoid, talar neck and tarsal navicular, and in the bones of the legs, such as the anterior tibial cortex, femoral neck and femoral head.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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What’s uncontested is that evolution in any guise has surprises in store.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 June 2025
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Many of Mulaney’s friends — including Kroll, Seth Meyers and others from Mulaney’s inner circle — convinced him to come under the guise of a college friend’s dinner.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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Working as part of a collaboration often scrubs the more human elements from the story, those moments that might be unflattering are the moments that remind people that these mythic figures of our imagination are, in fact, flawed humans, just like you and me.—
Brendan O’Meara
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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The third element involves moving the listing to multiple listing services, or MLS, and onto aggregation sites like Zillow.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
23 June 2025
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“Front.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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