as in face-to-face
in direct confrontation or competition
bragged that no one could go one-on-one with her in a game of darts and win
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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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There are 16 head-to-head matchups Sunday at Sonoma, with the highest finisher advancing to the next round.
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Sinner leads the head-to-head 6-5.
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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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“One-on-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-on-one. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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