FOREGROUNDING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

foregrounding

verb

present participle of foreground

as in emphasizing

to indicate the importance of by centering attention on repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency

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Recent Examples of foregrounding Acme imparts a sense of trust by foregrounding its own lack of omniscience. —

Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026 Clearly referencing Constantin Brancusi’s polished reflective surfaces, Bove’s mirrors, rather than foregrounding the planar surface, do the precise opposite, dissolving it almost entirely into a play of chromatically variable reflections. —

Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026 The essay presents an alternate view of our hunter-gatherer history, foregrounding the feminine act of collecting. —

Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026 Like their future disciples in PC Music, Scritti Politti were giddy pop fans who approached the form as self-conscious outsiders, foregrounding its artificiality, pushing its bright colors to new extremes, aiming to make great pop records that also asked probing questions about what pop even is. —

Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026 One that was made on his own terms, foregrounding Magellan’s potentially abusive past behavior and mistreatment of natives everywhere. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026 By foregrounding things like ancient waterways and table tennis, China is deploying a sophisticated brand of cultural statecraft designed to soften the edges of a hardening geopolitical landscape. —

Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025 There’s something charmingly low-budget about the whole affair, devoid of splashy graphics or teasers about what’s to come and instead foregrounding the excitement of the stars. —

Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025 France said Combs’s team is similarly foregrounding his cultural significance to Black America, shifting attention from the charges to his legacy. —

Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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His longtime representative has again pushed back in response to the series, defending him as a beloved television figure and rejecting the allegations while emphasizing his reputation and legacy.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
Others argue that wavelengths should not be considered in isolation, emphasizing the importance of a broad spectrum of light — the way nature delivers it.

— Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026