How to Use front and center in a Sentence

front and center

adverb
  • The fifth film places her front and center.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • For Takaichi, trade will be front and center.
    — Selina Wang, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Keep the reward front and center in your mind.
    — Nicole Lipkin, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Cows will be front and center during the year, too.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Money and self-worth are front and center now.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The soft and sloppy play around their net was front and center.
    — Joe Smith, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Just about all the other posts on his page put him front and center.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Her friends fill in dozens of rows, her father is front and center.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And at her birthday, her hair was front and center with a funky do.
    — Elizabeth Loga, Glamour, 28 June 2021
  • But this fight, this is the one that’s going to be front and center.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Free-speech questions were front and center.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Her bravery is front and center.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Then came the posters and billboards with the same three words front and center.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe, by the fall, the war in Gaza will no longer be front and center.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • The Iran war will remain front and center.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Grief is so front and center for this character as well.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The inflation side has been front and center for the last three years.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Maria is front and center in driving the first half of the mystery for us.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 26 July 2021
  • Tariffs are front and center in the news and on the mind of many investors.
    — Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • When the papers came, he was stunned to see his photo front and center.
    — Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 23 May 2022
  • Springer is like a stunt man put out front and center to take the punishment.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
  • But expect this debate to be front and center.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Young adults will move front and center in terms of content at the relaunch.
    — Liza Foreman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Get-out-the-vote efforts will also be front and center.
    — Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • That 15-week ban is front and center in the campaign right now.
    — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • But little Olympia was there, front and center, to cheer on her mom.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Sitka’s world-class seafood is front and center on Beak’s menu.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2021
  • Lestat front and center just means chaos, and chaos is coming.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Robinson’s close friends were front and center as her beau popped the question.
    — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In response to the roaring fans, the singer made sure to put them front and center.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025

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