foregrounds

Example Sentences

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Before the show resurfaces the internet’s favorite scary clown, it foregrounds the ways that small-town charm can be an effective mask for the mundane evils we confront every day.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

Fans of her club, which foregrounds Black female writers, will likely want to read about the authors who shaped this self-made literary titan.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

At the same time, many new diagnostic methods and early-intervention therapies have been developed in recent years, which foregrounds the need to identify more risk factors for the disease.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

It is impossible to ignore that it foregrounds it in any production because it says explicitly: must cast disabled actors in those roles.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

The repeated “He,” has a sarcastic tone, and the hysteron proteron in the second sentence foregrounds this notion on which the argument turns: Is pride really a bad thing?

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith