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high relief

NOUN
projected carving
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This stark dichotomy puts Amina, stunningly sung and acted by Nadine Sierra, into high relief on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

To show their differences in high relief, but also to show unexpected similarities.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2023

Unearthly figures appear on them too, but as disembodied faces shaped in high relief.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2023

Staying home all the time has really thrown into high relief how much *work* it is to go out into the world and perform appropriate femininity.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2021

Her natural nobility hath outgrown the wariness which aids youth, and her dimmed sight sees things of stature, only, or of high relief.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller




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