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salience

[sey-lee-uhns, seyl-yuhns] / ˈseɪ li əns, ˈseɪl jəns /




NOUN
jutting
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"It might be the case that if everyone starts talking about it, then it raises the salience," Jac Larner said.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

Economists have found that round-number prices for retail items have salience with consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

The salience of both news organizations is waning.

From Barron's Dec. 22, 2025

I had landed here for my fateful drive because of its climate salience, as well as its award-winning Hummer dealership, Sheehan Buick GMC.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2025

Desiring to give salience to this idea, he deprives his little pious conventicle of every virtue except one—"love," and no other word is written on each forehead of the worshippers.

From Robert Browning by Edward Dowden




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