Definition of FRONT BURNER

Examples of front burner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are back on the front burner with Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz making news with next-generation models, including hybrid plug-in hydrogen fuel cells. — Evelyn Kanter, Houston Chronicle, "Fuel cell cars are next big thing, again," 7 Feb. 2020 These days, thanks to a decades-long decline in sperm counts, such concerns have moved to the front burner. — Judith Finlayson, chicagotribune.com, "Men’s lifestyles can affect babies’ health," 27 Nov. 2019 But in recent days there’s been a steady flow of news coming out of the kingdom that would suggest the IPO is once again on the front burner. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, "Saudi Aramco IPO: What to Know About the Possible $2 Trillion Deal," 10 Sep. 2019 Whitmer's agreement to take road funding off the front burner complicates other aspects of her budget plan. — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, "Whitmer, GOP leaders: Budget now first priority, even without road funding deal," 25 June 2019 The Koch political network rode the wave of the Tea Party movement expertly, injecting its own concerns into the Tea Party’s agenda, and turning climate change into a front burner issue for the movement. — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, "How David Koch Changed The World," 23 Aug. 2019 The challenges after that month of media exposure, then Congress has moved on to now dealing with tax policy and other issues, and this is kind of gone off the front burner. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Silicon Valley congressman Ro Khanna explains his ‘internet bill of rights’," 6 Oct. 2018 It was nestled among condiments on the counter and his fingertips got barely past the front burner, where an empty frying pan waited to be greased. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, "Algren Award runner-up: "Lizard Lover" by Christine Vines," 2 June 2018 On the front burner, for now, however, is the Clark shooting. — NBC News, "Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg offers measured response in wake of unrest," 7 Apr. 2018

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