salience
noun
sa·lience
ˈsā-lyən(t)s 
-lē-ən(t)s
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These issues have surprising political salience today.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The question is not opinion, but salience.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Reducing the salience of the Palestinian issue would also allow Israel’s national security establishment to focus on other pressing threats, above all those posed by Iran.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
Here are five questions of particular salience to research universities, which have been the most frequent target of federal government interventions this year.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The question is not opinion, but salience.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Reducing the salience of the Palestinian issue would also allow Israel’s national security establishment to focus on other pressing threats, above all those posed by Iran.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
Here are five questions of particular salience to research universities, which have been the most frequent target of federal government interventions this year.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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 16 Sep. 2025.
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