head-to-head
adverb or adjective
: in a direct confrontation or encounter usually between individuals
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Examples of head-to-head in a Sentence
it's fitting that the two best teams during the regular season will go head-to-head for the championship
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In its weekly head-to-head polling report on the 2024 race, Rasmussen Reports said Thursday that Trump leads 48% to 46% among likely voters.
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Sep. 2024
No head-to-head trials have compared DG licorice with other treatments.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2024
Of the 42 head-to-head polls tracked by the nonpartisan FiveThirtyEight.com politics website since early March, Gallego led 39 of them.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
Smartsheet went public in 2018 and sought to go head-to-head with other software companies like Atlassian.
—Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Sep. 2024
No head-to-head trials have compared DG licorice with other treatments.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2024
Of the 42 head-to-head polls tracked by the nonpartisan FiveThirtyEight.com politics website since early March, Gallego led 39 of them.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
Smartsheet went public in 2018 and sought to go head-to-head with other software companies like Atlassian.
—Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for head-to-head
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“Head-to-head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head-to-head. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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