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as in center stage
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as in importance
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Recent Examples of front burner
But the administration shows little sign of pushing foreign policy off the front burner.
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Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Those odds are now up to 46 percent, putting Ovechkin’s chase firmly back on the sport’s front burner.
—Sean Gentille, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
February 2025 brought this to the front burner, as the SEC acknowledged the proposal by Grayscale in include staking activities in the Ethereum ETFs already offered by the firm, with a decision expected by May 2025.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Reading and England was the front burner.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
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Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Those odds are now up to 46 percent, putting Ovechkin’s chase firmly back on the sport’s front burner.
—Sean Gentille, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
February 2025 brought this to the front burner, as the SEC acknowledged the proposal by Grayscale in include staking activities in the Ethereum ETFs already offered by the firm, with a decision expected by May 2025.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Reading and England was the front burner.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for front burner
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And that’s before a global pandemic emerged that would shut down schools, and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which would spark a racial reckoning across America and place the teaching of race center stage in national presidential politics.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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On the campaign trail, Fuller and Harris' military backgrounds brought their opposing views on the war in Iran center stage.—
Halle Troadec,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Mauresmo repeated the importance of privacy for players — an issue raised by Iga Swiatek and Gauff at this year's Australian Open.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Martone deflected a point shot from Matvei Michkov, the 21-year-old Russian who navigated an uneven first half of the season only to heat up as the games heightened in importance down the stretch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Ham and lamb may get top billing, but the real stars of Easter dinner are the sides.—
Phoebe Fry,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Broadway, writes my USA TODAY colleague Patrick Ryan, is giving some of those issues top billing during the 2026 season.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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No one else had to live under the shadow of its consequences.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Working families on Staten Island are already feeling the consequences.—
Nicole Malliotakis,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The national spotlight that once fixed on Dearborn during the 2024 election has faded.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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As one of a small number of Jewish men’s basketball players in the Big Ten Conference, Hochberg has stepped into a rare spotlight, embracing his role as a visible Jewish athlete at the highest level of college basketball.—
Adam Finkel,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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Yet Monday’s flyby — the first time humans had reached the moon since 1972 — held emotional significance for the crew and space enthusiasts beyond the mission’s technical objectives.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The true significance of Pakistan's intervention only became clear when both sides agreed to a pause shortly after a down-to-the-wire plea from the country's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif.—
Betsy Joles,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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India holds no meaningful strategic LPG reserves and stockpiles held by refiners and distributors could cover only two to three weeks of demand if imports stall, Dasgupta said.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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Investment in renewable power and battery storage — designed to save energy when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — is expected to increase in nations heavily dependent on energy imports, including European countries, according to the credit rating firm Fitch Ratings.—
Chan Ho-Him,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Staff also remembered him as a constant source of support for coworkers — someone who checked in during difficult moments and made sure others were okay.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Without that moment and that pressure, the bill could easily have stalled like so many others.—
Michael Barasch,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Front burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20burner. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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