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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

But confronting what you specifically don’t like about working with this anti-mentor can cast what you prioritize most into high relief.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2024

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

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

The most imposing sculpture is a 17th-century metal plaque showing the figure of a royal courtier in high relief.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2021

Left alone, he remained by the table in an expectant attitude, a sneering smile, which the light of the candles threw into high relief, on his grim visage.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John




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