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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

Interracial relationships throw this into high relief, pushing cultural and racial differences to the fore⁠—the key edges of those puzzle pieces.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2022

But the effects of the pandemic cast the two men’s differing visions into high relief.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022

The cities’ differences were in high relief at high school graduation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2021

The following fragments from the bases of the columns, are not inserted in the restoration:— 30.Fragment, in high relief, of the head and shoulders of a figure, from the drum of a column.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.




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