as in faced
to stand or sit with the face or front toward
the apartment complex fronts the ocean
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Recent Examples of fronted
Powter fronted her Susan Powter Show talk series and made TV guest spots on Will Smith's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Designing Women spin-off Women of the House.
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Nashville punk band Snõõper is fronted by Blair Tramel, a former elementary, middle, and high school teacher.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
Back in 2021, the band fronted by Marco Antonio reunited with all seven original members for the first time in 25 years.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
With a dedicated ad campaign fronted by Clint 419, the founder of steetwear brand Corteiz, and Italian actor Alessandro Borghi, the collection is comprised of about 18 looks spanning outerwear, overshirts, utility vests, jeans and carpenter denim pants.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the social exclusion of Afghan women.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The show is billed as an ambitious new reality series fronted by Nour Arida, who is one of the most influential Arab women.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
After a drunken night out at Big Belly Burger, Chris and Harcourt stumbled onto a rock cruise fronted by hard rock duo Nelson and ended up sharing a dance and a kiss.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
After graduating from the Chicago Academy of Art and then the Berklee College of Music in 2001, Tranter fronted the glam-rock revival group Semi Precious Weapons, gaining famous fans like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Sam Smith.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Nashville punk band Snõõper is fronted by Blair Tramel, a former elementary, middle, and high school teacher.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
Back in 2021, the band fronted by Marco Antonio reunited with all seven original members for the first time in 25 years.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
With a dedicated ad campaign fronted by Clint 419, the founder of steetwear brand Corteiz, and Italian actor Alessandro Borghi, the collection is comprised of about 18 looks spanning outerwear, overshirts, utility vests, jeans and carpenter denim pants.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the social exclusion of Afghan women.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The show is billed as an ambitious new reality series fronted by Nour Arida, who is one of the most influential Arab women.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
After a drunken night out at Big Belly Burger, Chris and Harcourt stumbled onto a rock cruise fronted by hard rock duo Nelson and ended up sharing a dance and a kiss.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
After graduating from the Chicago Academy of Art and then the Berklee College of Music in 2001, Tranter fronted the glam-rock revival group Semi Precious Weapons, gaining famous fans like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Sam Smith.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fronted
Verb
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Air Mail’s fate shows that even the masters of the old form faced major headwinds when trying to navigate the new media landscape.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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As Ella tries to find her way home, she's faced with the shock of modern technology.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Pinellas Peninsula, bordered by Tampa Bay on the east and the Gulf of America, formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico, to the west, has long been a vacation hot spot.—
Ken Perrotte,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The region, bordered by Interstate 5, Vermont, Walnut and Chapman avenues, represents less than 4% of Anaheim’s total area.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Fronted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fronted. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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