high relief

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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

All those rights were thrown into high relief by the bankruptcy filing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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

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

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022

Alto-relievo, Alto-rilievo, alt′o-re-lē′vo, n. high relief: figures projected by at least half their thickness from the background on which they are sculptured.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various