front burners

Definition of front burnersnext
plural of front burner

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for front burners
Noun
  • Chinese state media criticized the H20 for lacking technological prowess and being environmentally unfriendly, with regulators eventually halting imports over security concerns.
    Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Trump had enacted an additional 25% tariff on Canadian imports, ostensibly as punishment for fentanyl flowing into the United States from the north.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Even if the industry’s analysis is exaggerated, the real-world consequences would be a disaster.
    Matthew Kandrach, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Speaking publicly in moments like this can introduce legal risk, political backlash, and unintended consequences for employees.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Nearly all other exterior spotlights were turned off on April 18, shining only two beams of light symbolizing the warning lanterns that sent Revere and William Dawes on a mission to declare the British were coming.
    Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Pitti Uomo is spotlighting six guest nations, reprising its collaborations with key institutional fashion associations globally for regional spotlights.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The beam is magnitudes stronger than a medical X-ray, and can rapidly identify minute traces of chemicals from ink that has been erased, said University of Wisconsin physics researcher Minhal Gardezi, part of the Hipparchus team.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • What do earthquake magnitudes mean?
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • One of the bloodiest moments in that revolution, which deposed the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and led to the rise of the incumbent Islamist regime, occurred on September 8, 1978.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Pretti was being held on the ground when an officer appeared to remove a gun from Pretti's waistband just moments before another agent fired the first shot.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Factors In Kenya’s Sovereign Credit Rating Rise There are usually multiple significances to a credit rating action.
    Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The political exigencies that faced the American literary public were of a different set.
    Elaine L. Wang September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This diagnosis, obviously, was an enormous gut-wrenching shock, and the exigencies of Greg’s life were instantly and inexorably altered.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2020
Noun
  • Walking Biking Dancing Lifting weights Swimming Ice skating and skiing are cold-weather activities that burn a lot of calories,12 and hot cocoa is often a way to relax after them.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In the overall scoring model, this dimension contributes 10% of the final score, based on the indicator weights set out in the KPI framework.
    TIME Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Front burners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20burners. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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