salience

[sey-lee-uhns, seyl-yuhns]

noun

1. the state or condition of being salient.

2. a salient or projecting object, part, or feature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of salience¹

First recorded in 1830–40; salient, -ence

Example Sentences

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.

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It gave the issue of accidental releases from prison a salience and prominence it hadn't had until then.

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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.

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As Congress wakes up from its self-imposed slumber to face the prospect of yet another government shutdown showdown, what Vought said has particular salience.

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The prominence of the issue of asylum, particularly the rows about the Bell Hotel in Epping in Essex, gave a salience to a theme Reform regard as their own.

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