frontal

Definition of frontalnext
as in front
being at or in the forward part or surface of something most cars have the engine in the frontal part

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Recent Examples of frontal The forcing and lift along the frontal boundary will keep storm chances around through the weekend. Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026 Trump is pressuring Mexico for a more frontal fight against the cartels and has threatened to take unilateral military action to address it. Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026 The frontal plane is your side-to-side movements, and the transverse plane is twisting movements. Sarah Klein, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026 Enveloped in all this optical dazzlement, and cutting across the frame with their bold, frontal gazes, the women are the very embodiment of dignity and power, mirrors of the independence roiling at the heart of the nation. Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for frontal
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  • Davis, the driver, and the front-seat passenger, Davis’s 45-year-old daughter, were all rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, where Davis died.
    Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Long first knocked on the front door, but received no response as the family was asleep, Miller said.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • At the core of the system is the ability to read ErrPs generated in the brain’s anterior cingulate cortex.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Function The Adam’s apple itself is not a separate structure but rather a feature produced by the angle at which the anterior laminae of the thyroid cartilage meet.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026

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“Frontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontal. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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