as in facing
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage
you must confront your fear in order to conquer it
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Recent Examples of confronting
His legislative priorities include gun violence prevention, protecting reproductive rights, improving public safety, investing in public education and confronting anti-Asian hatred, according to his campaign website.
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Start by acknowledging and confronting your own unconscious biases, as these can easily seep into the datasets during data collection and labeling, thereby biasing the AI’s learning process itself.
—Prajeet Gadekar, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
These methods are ill-suited to confronting newly emerging challenges.
—Harry F. Dahms, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
Our youth are confronting many challenges stemming from lack of academic preparedness for higher education and or job skills.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere in the teaser, the women grapple with a pregnancy rumor—with Minkoff seemingly confronting Jessel Taank for spreading it.
—Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
The scene then switches to Robyn confronting Kody outside in the snow.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Even though the company is the number two seller of EVs in the US, behind Tesla, and its EV sales continue to grow, the company is still confronting a lot of headwinds in the form of myths and misconceptions about EV ownership.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
The Rams got fined $100,000 in response to their sideline confronting 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk after last Sunday’s final play — a seven-lateral thriller that almost produced a miraculous touchdown.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Start by acknowledging and confronting your own unconscious biases, as these can easily seep into the datasets during data collection and labeling, thereby biasing the AI’s learning process itself.
—Prajeet Gadekar, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
These methods are ill-suited to confronting newly emerging challenges.
—Harry F. Dahms, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
Our youth are confronting many challenges stemming from lack of academic preparedness for higher education and or job skills.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere in the teaser, the women grapple with a pregnancy rumor—with Minkoff seemingly confronting Jessel Taank for spreading it.
—Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
The scene then switches to Robyn confronting Kody outside in the snow.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Even though the company is the number two seller of EVs in the US, behind Tesla, and its EV sales continue to grow, the company is still confronting a lot of headwinds in the form of myths and misconceptions about EV ownership.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
The Rams got fined $100,000 in response to their sideline confronting 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk after last Sunday’s final play — a seven-lateral thriller that almost produced a miraculous touchdown.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
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