as in frontal
being at or in the part of something opposite the back part
visitors use the front door, but family knows to go around to the side entrance
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as in show
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
that smile is just a front—I don't think she actually likes me at all
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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
are we making any progress on the marketing front?
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Recent Examples of front
Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 May 2025
The cheaper Razr gets a smaller 3.6-inch front screen, but that's still plenty of real estate, even with the camera lenses at the bottom.
—ArsTechnica, 15 May 2025
Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
The royal couple also shared an embrace while standing in front of a lake with mountains in the background.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 12 May 2025
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
The model, who fronts the Mother’s Day campaign, opted for loungewear coords.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
All four legs are dark solid wood, contrasting with the neutral fabric, and while the back ones are blocked for a sturdy, non-wobbly seat, the front legs are turned with spindle details.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 May 2025
The cheaper Razr gets a smaller 3.6-inch front screen, but that's still plenty of real estate, even with the camera lenses at the bottom.
—ArsTechnica, 15 May 2025
Noun
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Downey appears to be sitting in front of his trailer in the pic, and right above him is a Doctor Doom sign which shows the Latverian dictator pointing.
—Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
The royal couple also shared an embrace while standing in front of a lake with mountains in the background.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 12 May 2025
Verb
Booker fronts the new Nike x Chevrolet collection campaign, featuring fresh styles, colorways and more.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
The model, who fronts the Mother’s Day campaign, opted for loungewear coords.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for front
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Here’s what actually works for stiff muscles Examples include squats (sagittal plane), lateral lunges (frontal plane) and standing torso twists (transverse plane).—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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The stretcher bar depth in Baer’s notations is clearly tied to the size of the painting’s frontal plane.—
Sarah K. Rich,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While this might create a show-stopping facade, bigger isn’t always better.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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Late on Thursday, Dolton Village Trustee Stanley Brown took in the church’s facade from beneath his black cap.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Golden Gate Park, which sits in the city's center and was a magnet for rock and theater performances of all kinds in the '60s, will host three shows by Dead & Company – the name given to what remains of the original band plus current guests – at the park's Polo Fields Aug. 1, 2 and 3.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Robbie Rist, who played Cousin Oliver in six episodes of the show's final season, made the remarks just days after other cast members spoke about his role on the show's final season.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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On May 8, a hunter discovered human remains on Cedar Mountain, and after alerting authorities about the finding, law enforcement responded to the area and retrieved them, the Kane County Sheriff's Office reported this week.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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By distributing workloads and routing workloads to the appropriate area of cloud infrastructure (where compute processing engines are underutilized and ripest for taking on jobs), Red Hat hopes to be able to provide a more cost-effective route to functional AI.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Major cities like New York were already facing frightening death tolls that climbed higher each day—but that’s not what Eddington is about.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
17 May 2025
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Prior to that, the Mets will face Carlos Rodón in the opener and Clarke Schmidt on Saturday.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Bringing mice to an enclosure and zapping their feet with tiny electric shocks, then bringing the mice back to the enclosure without zapping their feet, the researchers revealed which neurons are activated in the anterior basolateral amygdala (aBLA) when a mouse learns and unlearns a fear.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Lacking muscle One possibility here is that wnt signaling is widely active in the posterior of the embryo at this point, blocking formation of anterior structures.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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Alpine, which is owned by Renault and has won four world titles in its previous guises as Benetton and Renault, has undergone a period of significant staff and management upheaval since Szafnauer’s departure.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Cybercriminals Cyber threat opportunism takes many guises, from ransomware actors leveraging media interest in Elon Musk and DOGE to launch a trillion-dollar attack, to physical attackers using shoulder-surfing techniques to steal your phone and access the data contained within.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The common element is that a single federal judge in one of 94 regional districts paused a policy for the entire country while the case is being litigated.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Meanwhile, a personal tragedy shakes Colin into consciousness, the only element that manages to pierce Ray’s exterior long enough to let his sub in.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
18 May 2025
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“Front.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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