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
Back in 2021, the band fronted by Marco Antonio reunited with all seven original members for the first time in 25 years.
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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
For Johnson, who has fronted blockbusters including Jumanji, Black Adam, Fast X, and Jungle Cruise, this marked a major disappointment.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 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
Duggan and his co-owner, sister Elena Duggan, spent the past several years converting that former eatery into a stylish 9,000-square-foot space fronted by the iconic yellow-gold Original Joe’s sign.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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
For Johnson, who has fronted blockbusters including Jumanji, Black Adam, Fast X, and Jungle Cruise, this marked a major disappointment.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 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
Duggan and his co-owner, sister Elena Duggan, spent the past several years converting that former eatery into a stylish 9,000-square-foot space fronted by the iconic yellow-gold Original Joe’s sign.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fronted
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Wealthier Americans have been assisted by rising house values, lucrative stock market returns and favorable credit, while lower- and middle-income buyers have faced tighter budgets and have been hit hard by rising inflation.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Council members faced resident uproar in recent years over issues surrounding zoning, affordable housing and the city’s attempts to build a community center.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
19 Oct. 2025
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Pyongyang has long been accused of conducting suspicious transfers of goods between ships in the East China Sea, which is bordered by China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Taiwan.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The texture is thick and comfy, and the blanket is bordered with simple fringe twists.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Fronted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fronted. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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