as in facing
to stand or sit with the face or front toward
the apartment complex fronts the ocean
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Recent Examples of fronting
Miu Miu has also launched its first fragrance, Miutine, with Emma Corrin fronting the campaign.
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Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2025
That said, the Riva degli Schiavoni, the long pedestrian area fronting Hotel Gabrielli, is wheelchair accessible, thanks to a series of ramps over its many bridges.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Now that Adam’s fronting the wedding costs, Belly and Jeremiah have to get married at the country club in Cousins.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Chapman is presenting this Saturday’s show, with Logan fronting Sunday evening’s Match of the Day, which will have highlights of the three Premier League matches played that day.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, dozens of non-hazy brews were poured in the massive brewery/tap room/souvenir shop/picnic grounds fronting Tree House’s 70-acre nature preserve in rural Massachusetts.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
All3Media Belgium has adapted it as Koppels in Crisis, with relationship therapist Jess Donckers fronting the show.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Still, today, nobody is ready to see big, strong, kind of burly girls up there on the stage, fronting a rock band.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Keenan – who is best known for fronting acts such as Tool and Puscifer – has been noted for years as one of the more prominent artists to discourage the usage of phones during live performances.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2025
That said, the Riva degli Schiavoni, the long pedestrian area fronting Hotel Gabrielli, is wheelchair accessible, thanks to a series of ramps over its many bridges.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Now that Adam’s fronting the wedding costs, Belly and Jeremiah have to get married at the country club in Cousins.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Chapman is presenting this Saturday’s show, with Logan fronting Sunday evening’s Match of the Day, which will have highlights of the three Premier League matches played that day.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, dozens of non-hazy brews were poured in the massive brewery/tap room/souvenir shop/picnic grounds fronting Tree House’s 70-acre nature preserve in rural Massachusetts.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
All3Media Belgium has adapted it as Koppels in Crisis, with relationship therapist Jess Donckers fronting the show.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Still, today, nobody is ready to see big, strong, kind of burly girls up there on the stage, fronting a rock band.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Keenan – who is best known for fronting acts such as Tool and Puscifer – has been noted for years as one of the more prominent artists to discourage the usage of phones during live performances.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fronting
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Despite facing challenges to get the march off the ground this year, supporters came bearing flags, signs and spirit on the eve of the Boise Pride Festival, which takes place this weekend.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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His second came on a 24-yard run with the Trojans facing a fourth-and-1.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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The European leader is currently on a tour of the European Union’s nations bordering Russia and Belarus.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Albania, a socialist country, is in the Balkans, bordering Greece, and has a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea facing Italy.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Fronting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fronting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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