high relief
noun
: sculptural relief in which at least half of the circumference of the modeled form projects compare bas-relief
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The treatment of refugees, then and now, brings this similarity into high relief.
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Time, 9 June 2025
The purpose of lawyers qua professionals has been thrown into high relief as the profession is now in the crosshairs of the assault on governmental institutions, research institutions, and long-standing societal norms.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
All those rights were thrown into high relief by the bankruptcy filing.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Though the couple are now ostensibly upwardly mobile urbanites, the differences between them come into high relief during two vacations, when their in-laws make separate visits.
—The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Time, 9 June 2025
The purpose of lawyers qua professionals has been thrown into high relief as the profession is now in the crosshairs of the assault on governmental institutions, research institutions, and long-standing societal norms.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
All those rights were thrown into high relief by the bankruptcy filing.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Though the couple are now ostensibly upwardly mobile urbanites, the differences between them come into high relief during two vacations, when their in-laws make separate visits.
—The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for high relief
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“High relief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20relief. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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