salience
Example Sentences
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Economists have found that round-number prices for retail items have salience with consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
This is along with what she called the "growing salience of nuclear weapons".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
The salience of both news organizations is waning.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
I had landed here for my fateful drive because of its climate salience, as well as its award-winning Hummer dealership, Sheehan Buick GMC.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
Its salience is another matter; but it has to be remembered that though the scene acts vividly, it acts slowly, in relation to its length.
From The Craft of Fiction by Lubbock, Percy