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to the fore

ADJECTIVE
prominent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
outstanding
WEAK
arresting beetling bulging easily seen embossed extended extrusive eye-catching flashy hanging out hilly in the foreground jutting marked noticeable obtrusive obvious projecting pronounced protruding protrusive protuberant raised relieved remarkable rough rugged salient shooting out signal standing out striking unmistakable
Antonyms
WEAK
depressed inconspicuous invisible obscure obscured ordinary sunken
ADVERB
ahead
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advanced along before earlier forward
STRONG
beforehand forwards onward onwards
WEAK
advancing ante antecedently at an advantage at the head first fore foremost in the foreground in the lead leading on precedent precedently preceding previous progressing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
behind
ADVERB
forward
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ahead along onward out
STRONG
ante fore forth
WEAK
alee antecedently before beforehand in advance into prominence into view on precedently previous vanward
Antonyms
WEAK
back backward past

Example Sentences

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Just as early voting began this week, though, a tragic story involving a former Gonzales staffer from last year has come back to the fore.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

The societal changes identified by Morgan Stanley are headlined by a surprising magnitude of job losses resulting from the adoption of AI and also an emphasis on health with weight-loss drugs increasingly to the fore.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Instead of narration, unobtrusive captions appeared on screen with price, provenance or other details about various market items, leaving room for the ambient sounds to come to the fore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Sabalenka's friendship with 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic came to the fore last year after she practised with him and they spent time together socially along with their partners.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Just as “victory” had been the watchword for the past four years, now “reconversion” came to the fore, with the United States trying to adjust its psyche and its economy to the peace.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.