salience
Example Sentences
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This is along with what she called the "growing salience of nuclear weapons".
From BBC
The salience of both news organizations is waning.
From Barron's
But what gives them their current salience—besides cozy sit-downs with the nation’s top media celebrity—is their claim, a plausible one, to be speaking for others.
It gave the issue of accidental releases from prison a salience and prominence it hadn't had until then.
From BBC
Some rate setters were worried about the faster rise in food prices this year, since they have greater “salience” for inflation expectations given the frequency with which they are purchased.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
