facing up (to)

verb

Definition of facing up (to)next
present participle of face up (to)
as in fronting

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  1. confronting
  2. facing
  3. daring
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  • 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.
    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
Definition of confronting
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  • Framing your offering as part of a solution for improving logistics or dealing with supply chain bottlenecks will resonate with customers facing ongoing uncertainties.
    Barry Reicherter, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Gaga, perhaps strategically, has been put into three films that already had prestige Oscar-facing male actors attached to them, which elevates her stardom, but also dims her light in each.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of facing
Verb
  • According to the data, 41% of senior leaders feel guilty for even daring to take a break, compared to 35% of individual contributors.
    Soulaima Gourani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Phillips and his co-writer Scott Silver have tried to do something daring here, by delivering a somber movie that in no way tries to top its predecessor.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of daring
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“Facing up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facing%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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