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salience

[say-lee-uhns, sayl-yuhns] / ˈseɪ li əns, ˈseɪl jəns /




NOUN
jutting
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“There are certainly a lot of people who I think have grown in recognition as to the salience of the threat,” said Jake Adler, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of Pilgrim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

And it remains to be seen if these attacks — and saying the word “transgender” over and over again — will have the same salience it has had in the past.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

"It might be the case that if everyone starts talking about it, then it raises the salience," Jac Larner said.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Lizzie O’Leary: Let’s talk about the salience engine and storytelling platform on which you primarily exist, which is YouTube.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026

The cornice has always been reckoned among his indubitable successes, combining as it does salience and audacity with a grand heroic air of grace.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds




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