How to Use salient in a Sentence

salient

1 of 2 adjective

• But even the most salient cultures need legs to stand on.
  — Kartik Mandaville, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• So black and white are the most salient, then red, and so on.
  — Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
• Now the cost of keeping that base may be a more salient concern.
  — Laura Forman, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2019
• This is probably the most salient part of the argument.
  — Rani Molla, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019
• Her first and last names, the most salient parts, look and sound as white as her features.
  — New York Times, 5 May 2020
• Each sense has been tuned over millions of years to detect the most salient range of stimuli.
  — Allison Parshall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
• The salient issue is the time away from home and its impact on the relationship.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023
• Why do salient quotes have the power to imprint on one’s psyche?
  — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2018
• Of course, the salient issue is the ambit of the president’s duties.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 17 Sep. 2019
• Below are some salient points of contention and what Babs has to say about them.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• The scenes from it are as salient in my memory as those from my own childhood.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
• But Trump ensures the issue stays salient by talking about it all the time.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 17 May 2018
• Of course, in the real world, voters will hear a few other salient facts.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 22 June 2018
• The report determined six of the most salient impacts of climate change.
  — Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
• The more salient effect was that men would be freed from the burden of committing to women.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 30 July 2021
• The ones that don’t work as well tend to skirt the issues instead of squarely landing a salient point.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
• Here's a helpful guide to the latest ones, and how their salient features stack up at a glance.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
• These are simple products and the main salient feature is the interest rate.
  — The Economist, 27 July 2019
• They are asked to email their achievements over the past six months and send screenshots of their most salient lines of software code.
  — Martine Paris, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
• Though the models were made nearly a hundred years ago, the theme is as salient as ever.
  — Myles Karp, National Geographic, 27 Dec. 2019
• Here are some observations on some of the most salient portions of the communique.
  — Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• Oprah is one of the most salient testaments to capitalism.
  — Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• But the more salient point is that to be a true version of the Shanahan offense, the fullback should be out there.
  — J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• Markets and culture are more salient than climate change for the farmers, and that’s also true for the eaters.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 31 May 2018
• The salient point is that there is no perfect hog hunting gun for every circumstance.
  — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• Lightly oblique eyes, small nose, black lank hair, sparse beard, salient cheek bones.
  — Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017
• Setting aside the salient fact that some men wear makeup these days, this is a product that delivers across the board.
  — Blu Atlas, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
• This fan brought up a very salient point about the final season’s number of episodes in relation to the waiting time.
  — Cady Lang, Time, 5 Jan. 2018
• But this gap was a lot more salient in this presidential election than in a lot of recent contests.
  — Nate Cohn and Toni Monkovic, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2016
• The most salient issue in modern politics is antitrust law.
  — Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 2 July 2021

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salient

2 of 2 noun

• The courage required for such defiance is the salient point.
  — Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 8 July 2022
• The question of how much the therapy will cost is just as salient.
  — Walid Gellad, Wired, 12 Oct. 2020
• The challenge for Democrats has been keeping health care salient.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 3 July 2018
• Use your presentation to highlight all the salient points of your longer plan.
  — Christopher Davenport, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• The doctor updated me on the salient changes in my father's condition.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 1 June 2020
• Either way, there is no escaping the salient call for self-inquiry.
  — Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
• But immigration was locked in as a salient issue the moment Trump entered the race.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2021
• Claims of Drake being a culture vulture have become less salient with time.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2022
• The Vessel’s civic failings have helped make its attraction as a suicide spot one of the salient facts about it.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 July 2021
• Kudla said Left made many salient points during his report.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2021
• The family snapped a photo to commemorate the salient moment in history — for the three of them and for the nation.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 15 June 2020
• Keeping a brand salient to new consumer groups and consumer behaviors is the secret to thriving.
  — Sampo Parkkinen, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• Change crowdsourcing is salient as a strategy and practice.
  — Albana Vrioni, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• But what’s most salient about these groups is a trailblazing optimism.
  — Emily Wilson, Bon Appétit, 12 Nov. 2020
• Each of those nods felt salient and potent, a way to make this impossibly global event feel deeply local.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2022
• Of course, the argument is salient to more than just developing countries.
  — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• The class metaphor is fairly obvious, but salient points are made in the extreme lengths people will go to hold their status over others.
  — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
• As a quick explanation for why not, consider these salient points.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• One salient question for a writer of an airplane suspense novel: What does the crew do when a person dies on board?
  — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 12 May 2021
• Either way, the salient questions about philanthropy, for most people, have to do with the size and the quality of a donor’s heart and soul.
  — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
• But this, much like drinking to manage his physical pain, was not a salient solution.
  — Niko Stratis, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2022
• Without knowing more, there are nonetheless a few salient points to consider.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2022
• The salient point here is why the West won’t — indeed, can’t — fully cut Russia off.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 4 Mar. 2022
• Reich has been unafraid to take controversial stances on salient issues.
  — Joe Silverstein, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022
• The salient point is that come Friday morning, what transpired the night before isn’t going to make much difference in the grand scheme of things.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2020
• At the beginning, the salient question might have been whether this is a good novel hiding inside a bad one or a bad novel hiding inside a good one.
  — Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
• One salient piece of information is the oxygen levels in Mr. Trump’s blood.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
• The arguments were profound, salient and heartbreaking.
  — Chronicle Digital Team, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2021
• When women take their love for their dead children to the public square, their grief is salient in a way few other political actions could be.
  — Kelsy Kretschmer, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2020
• The Severodonetsk salient represents perhaps the most vulnerable point of the entire front line.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 10 May 2022

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