frontal

as in front
being at or in the forward part or surface of something most cars have the engine in the frontal part

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Recent Examples of frontal When the original deferred resignation offer arrived, many viewed it as a frontal assault on the federal bureaucracy. Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025 According to the Mayo Clinic, the progressive condition causes the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain to shrink, which is known as atrophy. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025 According to the Mayo Clinic, the progressive condition causes the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain to shrink, which is known as atrophy. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025 Jason Isaac’s full frontal moment on The White Lotus was most likely fake. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frontal
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  • The grass in the front lawn had been allowed to grow uncut during the spring, for the horses, so the owners had not been out into the area to inspect it.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • As a result of failing on the front bumper cover, the driver and team were both docked 60 points and 5 playoff points.
    Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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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
  • 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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“Frontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontal. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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