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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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front

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noun

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as in facade
a forward part or surface the front of the church features a magnificent stained-glass window

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verb

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Recent Examples of front
Adjective
But when Fry meets Jenkins at the front door of the station, the WSU chief senses this is different. Vicky Ward, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025 Siegel’s Crash Details Kanaan said the track got cooler toward the late afternoon, Siegel’s car picked up front grip and started to get oversteer. Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
Young had Brown pivot on one foot while rotating his hips and driving his other leg toward a target Young held in front of him. Elise Devlin, New York Times, 24 July 2025 Stock image: a ghost decoration hanging in front of a house in Kensington Market, Toronto Ontario Canada, taken on October 30, 2024. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Verb
The building, designed in the Neoclassical style, is fronted by a light-blue façade with arched windows and white molding. Dan Fellner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025 The Live with Kelly and Mark duo are fronting Running with the Wolves, a four-part series for ESPN that will follow their entry into the high-stakes world of Italian soccer. Peter White, Deadline, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for front
Recent Examples of Synonyms for front
Adjective
  • Our Arapaho and Cheyenne ancestors went directly there to heal after the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864, all the way through our homelands, from South Eastern Colorado, along the Eastern frontal range of the Rocky Mountains, to the heart of Wyoming, all promised in the Treaties of Fort Laramie.
    William C’Hair, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
  • The results depicted that pairs who had shared a painful experience exhibited significantly higher interpersonal brain synchrony (IBS) in key regions of the prefrontal cortex, especially the right superior frontal cortex.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The Space Mountain facade will be bathed in Fantastic Four projection lighting effects at night and Tomorrowland restaurants will sell movie themed food and a Clobberin’ Time sipper in the shape of The Thing’s fist.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
  • The full facade is now the same shade of pink as the rest of the building.
    Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
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  • The show can be watched on CBS or streamed on Paramount+.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
  • The show also featured a regular segment on missing pets, in this case a dilute calico with a stripe down its nose.
    Frank Langfitt, NPR, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The affiliated Minnesota Disability Law Center has two additional offices in Duluth and Mankato, with an outreach coordinator in the Crookston area.
    Lauren Breunig, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
  • With the vote scheduled for Nov. 5, the week after the Monk show, supporters and detractors had been plastering the area with flyers too.
    David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • Allianz’s Global Boiling report warns that heatwaves alone could subtract 0.5 percentage points from Europe’s GDP in 2025, with Spain facing losses as high as 1.4%.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Celebrity status became an advantage for these public figures when entering the courtroom and facing a jury of their peers, experts told Fox News Digital.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Studies using fMRI scans show that when people experience a good magic trick, areas in the brain linked to conflict detection and surprise—like the anterior cingulate cortex and prefrontal cortex—light up.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • The snake then examined the anterior parts of the hare, biting and pulling a front leg, before also biting its head.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Pumping out 434-hp in its Japan-spec guise, the last A90 Supra was priced in its home country at 15 million yen or around $101,000.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Renowned for a distinct sense of minimalism, the new Ming 20.01 series 5 guise is anything but.
    Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 14 July 2025
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  • Plaintiff Phone Discovery: Critical Strategic Elements Successful phone discovery requires understanding several strategic elements that can significantly improve outcomes: The Education Component: Many resistance issues stem from genuine misunderstanding about what cell phone forensics involves.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The fruit and floral elements drifted away quickly, leaving a long, mineral finish that makes this a perfect wine for pairing with food, in my opinion.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025

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“Front.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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