confronting

verb

Definition of confrontingnext
present participle of confront
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 The world’s multilateral architecture is the best mechanism humanity has for confronting existential transnational threats. — Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024 Any return to play in England would entail Henderson confronting the subject again. — Michael Walker, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024 In the timeline where Chloe dies, her journal becomes a monument, letters to a dead woman from somebody who ran away from the past rather than confronting it. — Ryan Easby, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024

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“Confronting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confronting. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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