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Recent Examples of frontal
Instead of being a mere foot soldier following orders from more frontal brain regions, M1 helps plan, guide and coordinate action.
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
There’s no frontal nudity, for example, in this show, right?
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
And there were the soldiers of the Army of the Potomac’s II Corps, who successfully repelled Lee’s frontal assault on the Union center.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
As Ser Arlan of Pennytree, Webb appeared in a full-frontal nude scene that kicked off Sunday's episode and garnered a lot of attention for it on social media.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
There’s no frontal nudity, for example, in this show, right?
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
And there were the soldiers of the Army of the Potomac’s II Corps, who successfully repelled Lee’s frontal assault on the Union center.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
As Ser Arlan of Pennytree, Webb appeared in a full-frontal nude scene that kicked off Sunday's episode and garnered a lot of attention for it on social media.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frontal
Adjective
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Detectives opened the front trunk of the car and saw a cadaver bag covered with insects, the documents say.—
Kyung Lah,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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There’s really no good reason why so many of us only decorate our front doors for the winter holiday season, when a little bit of brightness can go a long way the rest of the year, too.—
Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These neurons do not naturally regenerate, making disorders such as open-angle glaucoma and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy especially difficult to treat.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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In apes, these neurons appear in both the insula – a part of the brain important for processing internal body states – and the anterior cingulate, which plays a key role in emotional regulation.—
Kelly Lambert,
Fortune,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Frontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontal. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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