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- noun Plural form of
front . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
front .
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Examples
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The label fronts the money for us to make recordings - for this album they paid for us to spend a few months with one of the world's best producers in a converted barn in Amish country wringing our souls and playing tympani and twiddling knobs - and they put up most of the cash that it takes to distribute and promote our albums, including the costs of pressing CDs, advertising, and making videos.
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Re: “the biggest failure, on many fronts, is the inability of the media/press to inform the citizenry of the facts and options”.
Think Progress » McConnell On Health Reform: ‘It Would Be Good For The Country If It Failed’ 2010
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Dominant high pressure areas over much of the United States will block weather fronts from the north.
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Dominant high pressure areas over much of the United States will block weather fronts from the north.
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The boundary zones between the warm and cool air masses were called fronts, after the trench warfare battle lines of World War I.
Storm Warning Nancy Mathis 2007
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A "heavier" assault would involve more troops and machines attacking across two main fronts (figure 5).
Will Iran Be Next? 2004
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A "heavier" assault would involve more troops and machines attacking across two main fronts (figure 5).
Will Iran Be Next? 2004
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Both have been long term fronts for corporate welfare states.
Obsidian Wings 2008
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Given a sharply restricted ability to make big progressive change, managing the country’s domestic and international affairs responsibly while trying to advance small positive change on a bunch of different fronts is the best you can do.
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Between the increase in available office space and the coming empty store fronts from the merged banks closing branches and the ripple effects from the financial job cuts … it’s going to be ugly.
uttarnikhil commented on the word fronts
Third-person
August 25, 2013