fronting
- present participle of front.
Example Sentences
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Ernst returns to Tokyo, now fronting as a playboy plutocrat to mask his espionage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Two years ago, Gary Lineker received a similar reminder after he appeared to wear items from his own Next fashion range while fronting BBC coverage of Euro 2024.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
In her bio, she calls herself "a Brooklyn lab rat", a description that feels at odds for someone now fronting some of the world's biggest fashion houses.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
I’m fronting the cost and they’ve agreed to reimburse me via rent credits.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Magazines, brought from Earth on the silver rocket a month before, fluttered, untouched, burning brown, on wire racks fronting the silent drugstores.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
