salience
noun
sa·lience
ˈsā-lyən(t)s 
-lē-ən(t)s
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Whether the source of authority is inaccessible or nonexistent, history loses salience.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Migration was already expected to be a contentious topic, but the attack raised its salience further.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Yet the salience of an airplane’s actual machinery has been fading too.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
Medicaid also flexed a political salience not seen before, with disability advocates in particular fearful of what cuts to that program would mean for them and drawing widespread coverage for their protests.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Migration was already expected to be a contentious topic, but the attack raised its salience further.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Yet the salience of an airplane’s actual machinery has been fading too.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
Medicaid also flexed a political salience not seen before, with disability advocates in particular fearful of what cuts to that program would mean for them and drawing widespread coverage for their protests.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
See All Example Sentences for salience
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“Salience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salience. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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