salience
Example Sentences
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Economists have found that round-number prices for retail items have salience with consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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
After the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, such threats likely have more salience now.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
This is along with what she called the "growing salience of nuclear weapons".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Again, the desire for salience often blunts the student’s sense of the real character of the forms he is rounding out.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
