front burner

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Recent Examples of front burner Those odds are now up to 46 percent, putting Ovechkin’s chase firmly back on the sport’s front burner. Sean Gentille, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025 February 2025 brought this to the front burner, as the SEC acknowledged the proposal by Grayscale in include staking activities in the Ethereum ETFs already offered by the firm, with a decision expected by May 2025. Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025 Reading and England was the front burner. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025 Sometimes, the things that this political environment puts on the front burner are so divorced from what really matters to real people. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for front burner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for front burner
Noun
  • Transitioning from behind the scenes to center stage, the collaboration was the perfect opportunity for King to design from the heart.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
  • When those demand‑side subsidies were rolled back and broad tariffs returned to center stage, momentum faded.
    Paul S. Lavoie, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Taleblu underscored how the importance of the Strait of Hormuz has only escalated since the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s because of the Iranian regime’s asymmetric military and maritime strategies, including fast-attack water craft, drones, and mines.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Niccol also reflects on lessons from his time at Chipotle, the importance of building teams that tell the truth, how CEOs make decisions under pressure, and why technologies like AI should enhance — not replace — human connection.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The group has top billing at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival in June and Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival in September.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a top billing of Saint Louis and VCU.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The horse is very confused by your utter lack of consideration as to the consequences.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Jones was stuck on his left hip, a consequence of his gamble to lunge for a steal on the pass to Gilgeous-Alexander.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Delano grape strike and grape boycott helped propel farmworker conditions into the national spotlight and drew support from labor, religious and civil rights groups.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The weekly column takes you behind the scenes and shines a spotlight on unique stories.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Given toads held special significance of toads in many southwestern Chinese cultures, archaeologists had to deduce that the drum carried not only music, but deeper messages and meanings.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And yet what emerges from this elemental minorness is an art form with its own significance.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Japan imports almost all its oil, and Brent crude — the international standard — has jumped in recent weeks to about $100 a barrel.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Where else could Cuba find oil imports?
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Forty-one minutes later, her pacemaker application disconnected from her phone, marking the precise moment an 84-year-old woman who could not walk 50 yards without help was ripped from her bed.
    Neal K. Shah, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • As the vast landscape spread out below, filled with roaming herds and golden hues, our guest popped the question—creating a moment both magical and unforgettable.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026

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“Front burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20burner. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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