frontal

as in front
being at or in the forward part or surface of something most cars have the engine in the frontal part

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Recent Examples of frontal The House on Thursday passed legislation that would impose sanctions on officials at the International Criminal Court, making a frontal assault on the tribunal in a rebuke of its move to charge top Israeli leaders with war crimes for their offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 This is a frontal assault on our entire form of government and history. U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025 Brain tissue samples were gathered from the frontal cortex, the area of the brain associated with thinking and reasoning. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025 But this time, a storm formed along a frontal zone and tapped into unusually warm Gulf of Mexico waters. Andrew Freedman, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frontal

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“Frontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frontal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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