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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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Schultz took center stage at Friday’s meeting, explaining the process and urging editors, musicians, visual-effects people and other post-production professionals to support the effort.—
Jon Burlingame,
Variety,
9 May 2026
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But this time, the WHO has been center stage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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Palmer’s shot is well blocked by Marc Guehi — which underlines the importance of their decision-making in these moments.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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From 1949 to 1987, the Federal Communications Commission held radio and television stations to a standard requiring them to air opposing sides of public issues of importance, a policy known as the fairness doctrine.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 May 2026
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Boston, Massachusetts History and seafood share top billing here.—
Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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Despite being known as the Garden State, New Jersey doesn’t always get top billing for its agricultural scene.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Among those consumers, 88% experienced at least one negative consequence afterward, including account takeover attempts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Instead, the lawsuit said, the bot continued to engage when Ikner asked about the busiest times at the FSU student union, what possible media coverage would look like in the event of a shooting, and potential legal consequences for the shooter.—
Laura Jarrett,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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Earlier this week, along a desolate stretch of road lined with oil refineries just north of the border between Shandong and Hebei provinces, an awareness of that spotlight seemed palpable.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 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,
12 May 2026
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The water is colored by the tamarack tree, kind of a root-beer color, which is a beautiful balance to all the greens — and just the metaphorical symbolic significance of it is really profound.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
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That story was told in the studio by Professor Julian Huxley, an evolutionary biologist, who used pickled wildlife specimens and a photograph of a coelacanth to explain the fish’s significance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Tariffs on imports from China reached up to 145% last year, but after back-and-forth tariffs, the countries came to a truce of sorts and signed a one-year agreement suspending many trade penalties into late 2026.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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Thirty percent of the state’s crude imports come from the Middle East.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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For a classic Los Angeles moment, The Beverly Hills Hotel is nearby as well—an iconic spot for a drink or a bit of celebrity spotting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The food remains rigorously composed but more attuned to our moment, and the servers, a number of whom have worked for Daniel Boulud for decades, prize warmth as much as decorum.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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“Front burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20burner. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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