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as in center stage
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as in importance
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Recent Examples of front burner
Those odds are now up to 46 percent, putting Ovechkin’s chase firmly back on the sport’s front burner.
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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
Sometimes, the things that this political environment puts on the front burner are so divorced from what really matters to real people.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
Sometimes, the things that this political environment puts on the front burner are so divorced from what really matters to real people.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for front burner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for front burner
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Kim capped the meetings with a nighttime military parade in the capital, sharing center stage with his increasingly prominent daughter -- believed to be named Kim Ju Ae and about 13.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Visit the cooking patio and garden center stage for seminars, stroll the garden promenade that features design trends and hardscaping products, or attend gardening presentations on container gardens and water-wise gardening.—
Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Though Beijing is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, the country’s strategic importance to China is far more limited than many may assume.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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The specific terms themselves are not necessarily of particular importance; what’s important is the concepts behind those terms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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The group has top billing at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival in June and Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival in September.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2026
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There’s a top billing of Saint Louis and VCU.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Deflationary pressures have been present since the end of the pandemic, in large part as a consequence of a prolonged slump in housing and weak consumer demand.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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For example, scientists working in SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, already factor in the consequences of electron dispersion in the interstellar medium between stars.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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In a series of news updates and exclusive, in-depth stories, the Idaho Statesman turns a spotlight onto the problems of traffic and transportation as the Boise area's population keeps growing.—
Rose Evans
Updated March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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The weekly column takes you behind the scenes and shines a spotlight on unique stories.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Lyon emphasized the significance of body composition in conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and mild cognitive impairment.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
6 Mar. 2026
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The findings will need to be confirmed and the vaccine approach tested in other animals, including humans, before its true significance is clear.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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Possible measures include price controls, higher subsidies, fuel excise tax cuts, and lower import tariffs on crude oil and refined products.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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Crude from the region accounts for roughly one-third of China’s total demand and more than 50% of its seaborne imports, much of which were transported through the strait, according to Kpler.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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That’s Coogler’s challenge too, and this is his moment to encourage the industry to get back to making ambitious populist hits.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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For fashion, the Fall/Winter 2026 season arrived at a moment of heightened uncertainty, as wholesale continues its rocky reset and geopolitical uncertainty remains high.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Front burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20burner. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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