as in toe-to-toe
in direct confrontation or competition
it's fitting that the two best teams during the regular season will go head-to-head for the championship
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Recent Examples of head-to-head
Candidates in the Ann Arbor mayoral race went head-to-head during a debate Wednesday night.
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Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
If two teams are level on points, then their head-to-head records will be used to separate them.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
The sides are tied on four points, head-to-head and goal difference.
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Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Major tech companies are going head-to-head in the race to dominate AI, competing to sway talent and consumers into using their products.
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Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
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Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
If two teams are level on points, then their head-to-head records will be used to separate them.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
The sides are tied on four points, head-to-head and goal difference.
—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Major tech companies are going head-to-head in the race to dominate AI, competing to sway talent and consumers into using their products.
—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for head-to-head
Recent Examples of Synonyms for head-to-head
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Revolut believes that coming into the office and having that face-to-face experience is critical to the development of its budding professionals.
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The movie was featured this past weekend at Prime Video’s all-day inaugural immersive event Obsessed Fest which brought fans face-to-face with the stars, creators and worlds behind the most buzzworthy YA, romance and book adaptation titles.
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Perkins, who is CEO of Canva, addressed head-on the concerns among many who work in creative industries about the potential for AI to supplant human labor.
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Figures of Crisis makes productive use of this commonplace idea by tackling it head-on and turning it inside out.
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“Head-to-head.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/head-to-head. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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