How to Use to the fore in a Sentence

to the fore

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  • Many of Paraguay’s transgressions could have ended in yellow cards, but did not and towards the end, France brought their own feistiness to the fore.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Assistant coach Anthony Barry’s importance has come to the fore, too.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • The idea for the exterior’s visual expression was to bring the intersection of the digital surfaces from the design process to the fore.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • There were only a handful of inaugural outings this time round, but sophomore shows from those appointed last season brought plenty of ideas to the fore, including an abundance of ready-to-wear and bag trends.
    — Alice Cary, Vogue, 13 July 2026
  • This dirty sheriff’s a little rattled, having been properly sized up by a private investigator he’s been told to leave alone (as evidenced by the quiet turning of his watch to the fore of his wrist).
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Yet experts are split on whether the rise in CXMT’s stock price reflects a temporary boost or a long-term shift that brings Chinese chipmakers to the fore.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Stocks are headed for losses this week, with the retreat sharpest in the Nasdaq Composite where anxieties around artificial intelligence spending came again to the fore.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • The idea for the exterior dressing of this specific car was to bring the intersection of those surfaces to the fore with the juxtaposition of black lines—first taped off by hand—to provide the abstract zebra-like pattern.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • While raspberry bursts to the fore upon first spritz, French lavender and Moroccan orange blossom (a mainstay in the Libre category) are grounding, making way for its Madagascar vanilla base.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In 2020 the book was adapted into an HBO documentary film of the same name, bringing Gerardi’s memory and Goldman’s accusations back to the fore.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
  • Replacing the 1960s era Union Carbide Building, the tower has come to the fore not just for its scale and sustainable features, but also for the design language shaping its interiors — a story in which Italy’s Molteni Group is now staking a claim.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 13 July 2026

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