salient

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Most studies focus on a will as the central part of the process, but that isn’t even the most salient document anymore, according to many in the estate and financial-planning industry.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Supervising banks for reputational risk also diverts “resources from more salient risks without adding material value from a safety and soundness perspective or ensuring greater compliance with the law,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Standing in front of him every day and trying to ask him salient questions was often futile.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

“Households remember salient price increases — eggs, meat, child care, home repairs — far more vividly than aggregate statistics. These memory effects persist for years or even generations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Sedulously, he had once avoided the clusters of boys who haunted the locker rooms with their salient, knowledgeable talk in which his finely honed sense of morality denied him participation.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy