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foreground

noun as in part of a scene nearest the viewer

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noun as in prominent or important position

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As for the figures who occupied the foreground of the work—well, yes, they were wolves, but they were happy, gentle wolves and featured a mama wolf tenderly playing with her cubs.

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In the foreground was a sandy beach; in the back, palm trees rose like green leafy spires, vibrant against an azure sky.

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In the foreground: the dense, ferny undergrowth of a forest, bordered by a few gnarled tree trunks rising upward.

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The foreground is a scar of denuded earth, storage tanks and bobbing pumpjacks — the legacy of oil discovered a century ago when only farmhouses were scattered over the surrounding flatlands.

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He used a different technique to capture the building in the foreground before blending the images together to create the final photograph.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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