front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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Without the hard-charging Pell as his front man, Francis often seemed to hesitate when confronted with the competing interests of the traditionalists and the reformers.
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Gerald Posner, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Simply comparing his attacking output to other front men is flawed, as strikers with completely different profiles can reach similar goal tallies — and Isak is valued for so much more than his end-product.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Armas is a perfect 3-0 against expansion teams since becoming a head coach in 2018, all of which came as front man for the New York Red Bulls (one of them vs. that 2018 LAFC team).
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Still, the mothership had impressively held up fine since the back-to-back-to-back exits of Emily Wickersham, Maria Bello and then longtime front man Mark Harmon, followed by the passing of David McCallum.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
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Gerald Posner, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Simply comparing his attacking output to other front men is flawed, as strikers with completely different profiles can reach similar goal tallies — and Isak is valued for so much more than his end-product.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Armas is a perfect 3-0 against expansion teams since becoming a head coach in 2018, all of which came as front man for the New York Red Bulls (one of them vs. that 2018 LAFC team).
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Still, the mothership had impressively held up fine since the back-to-back-to-back exits of Emily Wickersham, Maria Bello and then longtime front man Mark Harmon, followed by the passing of David McCallum.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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