to the forefront

idiom

: to a place of importance or prominence

The discussion has brought the issue of health care to the forefront.

Examples of to the forefront in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 1999 adaptation of Mansfield Park features notable departures from Austen's 1814 novel, including bringing colonialism and slavery to the forefront, adding in a few scenes that would be considered scandalous in the author's time and making the film's heroine more like Austen herself. —Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025

Etan’s was the first of several high-profile cases that pushed concern about missing children to the forefront of national consciousness. —Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025

The tariff reprieve also came at a fortuitous time, after a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro pushed violence and crime to the forefront of political conversations, exposing potential vulnerabilities for Lula. —Daniel Carvalho, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2025

These are frightening new attitudes coming back to the forefront, wanting to take us back to the ‘50s. —Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for to the forefront

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront
• blunt
• brunt