salient
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The question is particularly salient to Anthropic and OpenAI given their upcoming initial public offerings: If customers don’t think it’s worth paying high prices for the most sophisticated AI models, why should investors?
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Rarely does the movie hit on any salient points that the series hasn’t already made, opting instead to repeat narrative patterns and jerk a few tears here and there.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026
Right now, corruption and accountability are particularly salient for both voters and lawmakers.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
In District 3, the Palisades fire has been more salient because the district contains the conflagration’s entire burn zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The committee report consisted of seven resolutions that addressed this salient question: What are the powers vested in Congress, under the present constitution, relating to the abolition of slavery”?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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