How to Use up-front in a Sentence

up-front

1 of 2 adjective

• The program can help lessen the up-front cost of going electric.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025
• Those helping Sandu would pay him an up-front fee to take part in the scheme.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
• The iconic jacket costs a lot up-front, but it can be repaired by the brand for life.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 29 June 2023
• The iconic jacket costs a lot up-front, but it can be repaired by the brand for life.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2025
• To be sure, there are significant up-front costs to the IIPT approach.
  — Antje M. Barreveld, STAT, 16 May 2024
• Most people never make back the thousands of dollars of up-front fees.
  — Cora Lewis, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
• In addition to the hefty up-front price tag, there is a monthly subscription fee to use the kit with an app.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
• This year, the best Memorial Day deals take the form of up-front discounts and lowered finance rates.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 28 May 2023
• What if the up-front fee charged didn’t cover the shipping charges customers would otherwise have racked up?
  — Brian Solis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
• Dining with a large group: When dining with a large group of friends or colleagues, deciding how the bill will be split up-front is best.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Aug. 2023
• Higher incomes in the area mean more homeowners can afford the steep up-front costs, which can be paid back within nine to 12 years.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
• That means farmers, and their business partners, must cover up-front costs.
  — The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• There are also options like Epson’s EcoTank series that have a larger up-front cost but the ink can cost as little as $5 per year.
  — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
• The city of Mobile would have to take on about $1.3-1.6 million in up-front capital costs if any territory were to be annexed, the study notes.
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 4 Apr. 2023
• The problem is, this option currently comes with a high up-front price tag, even with tax benefits factored in.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
• Many more will go to consumers able to afford the still considerable up-front costs of decarbonizing their homes and cars.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• Despite the up-front costs, the benefits can be significant.
  — Pawan Vadapalli, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• The statement, instead, conflated the $350 million that the team has asked to provide up-front to build the $1 billion ballpark with the amount of money the tax would collect to the benefit of the team over those four decades.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• Woods said he's still floored by the Ohtani-Dodgers deal and couldn't imagine ever advising a client to take so little up-front compensation.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• The company is also up-front about some of the limitations of the technology.
  — John Werner, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Hence, city officials’ promise of a $16 million up-front handout.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
• Crianza may be the youngest designation of Rioja, but its youth is its strength for this pairing, the juicy and up-front flavors coming at the meal’s spice head-on.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2023
• Movies which cost less than $40 million to make, are fully funded up-front, get global exposure and win Oscars sound like the stuff of fantasy.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
• But that inflow of up-front cash won’t reach Hadley, whose reimbursements come through the criminal justice system.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
• The Clippers were up-front with Westbrook before his signing in communicating that his role could change.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• Minneapolis is noting them as being part of the total price up-front, which is allowed.
  — Nick Halter, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
• Because what happens after a store opens is just as important — and despite the up-front financial investments, that hasn’t been solved at all.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 9 Aug. 2024
• In exchange, Apple would provide the lab in Senegal with the up-front funding needed to carry out research and clinical trials.
  — Christopher B. Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
• For these events, the company or person can choose to rent the truck without flowers; rent the truck with flowers that can be sold to attendees; or rent the truck and pay for the flowers up-front to be given out to attendees for free.
  — Cheyenne Devon,tasia Jensen, CNBC, 18 July 2024
• Asset recovery scams are also known as advance fee fraud because the scam artist is charging an up-front fee for something that will never happen.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023

up front

2 of 2 adverb

• The Chargers are not the equal of the 2020 Rams up front.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
• Pop Rocks up front, with a mild hint of Tums on the finish.
  — Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
• Michael Alan Cole and Tyler Ward have been a force up front on both sides of the ball.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 21 Sep. 2021
• But the trade-off was that Brown gets a lot of it up front (52.6 percent).
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• The game is going to be won up front one way or the other.
  — Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
• But the Tall Three up front have been a defensive plus to the team.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2021
• Plus, stupid for the Rams to give him so much money up front.
  — Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
• The Colts’ starters up front need the reserves to raise their level of play.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 14 Sep. 2022
• There’s also the effect of the clean air (and) staying up front.
  — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2022
• And the center also asked for $7,000 up front, the full amount of the Covens’ deductible.
  — Madison Muller, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022
• Joey Logano gets back into P1 as the Fords race up front.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2025
• The people sitting in the last row were just as hungry and thirsty as the fans up front.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• Jordan Davis is a monster of a man and a space-eater up front.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2022
• Both Young and Ekiyor were starters up front this fall.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 14 Jan. 2022
• Be sure to ask about the loan’s structure up front, Alexander says.
  — Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 5 Oct. 2023
• Sabin is in a corner up front by the office, hard at work.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022
• With the i3, BMW put it up front, lighter and more sustainable.
  — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 8 July 2024
• Robert Taylor gets the nod up front with Messi and Suarez.
  — Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• The book said, right up front, that the best college in the United States was Caltech.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
• Rising on the keeper, good blocking up front, as was the case most of the night, Utah down a point.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
• Adults will fit comfortably up front or in the back seat.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 7 Nov. 2022
• The Ravens need more talent up front, plain and simple.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• Second-year coach Bryan Williams has the Griffins playing strong up front on both sides of the ball.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 9 Nov. 2022
• The downside to the Colts offense Wednesday came up front.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2022
• Any coach would tell you this: Football starts up front.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
• Some tears were shed by fans up front by the barricade.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2023
• Unlike the Polestar 2, the 4 has a real set of cupholders and tons of storage space up front.
  — Daniel Golson, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
• The spy was up front about sharing things with her father.
  — Gish Jen, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• Don’t assume all the issues up front for Ohio State are solved.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2021
• There is a cooler full of replacements up front in the cab.
  — Time, 3 Aug. 2023