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face-to-face

[feys-tuh-feys] / ˈfeɪs təˈfeɪs /


ADJECTIVE
directly facing
Synonyms


face to face
ADJECTIVE
confronting
Synonyms


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A ceasefire on April 8 halted the conflict, but negotiation efforts, including historic face to face talks hosted in Islamabad have so far failed to yield a lasting agreement.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Johnson’s competitiveness was legendary, and Welch remembers a passing tournament in which he and Johnson went face to face.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Many of those who moved to Miami quickly came face to face with its limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Five candidates contesting the Gorton and Denton by-election have come face to face in a BBC debate.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

And then he pushed his robot closer to Donovan’s so that they were sitting face to face, dim shadows in the darkness, and he whispered, “Mike!”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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