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foreground

[fawr-ground] / ˈfɔrˌgraʊnd /


NOUN
prominent or important position
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A US military ship is seen in the foreground in the Arabian Sea in April.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The piece’s hero image is Waters, sitting on a couch with what appears to be a toddler while, blurred in the foreground, a pair of baby feet dangle into the frame.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Benjamin Feinberg, foreground, and his wife, Amy, are immersed in a changing kaleidoscope of imagery in the Infinity room.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

The foreground galaxy's gravity bent and amplified radio waves coming from Shadow Blaster, effectively creating a natural telescope.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

Another photo, this one of his mother wearing a lab coat looking at a plant came to the foreground.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Brown’s dreamlike visions of the climate and uniquely structured scenes—often with barely there foregrounds that emphasize the abstracted weather surrounding them—owe much to his mentor Ray Yoshida, as well as to Joseph Yoakum.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

To that end, before “Welcome to Derry” resurfaces the internet’s favorite scary clown, it foregrounds the ways that small-town charm can be an effective mask for the mundane evils we confront every day.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2025

At the same time, many new diagnostic methods and early-intervention therapies have been developed in recent years, which foregrounds the need to identify more risk factors for the disease.

From Science Daily Oct. 2, 2023

Tedros, in contrast, is a pure villain — one Tesfaye isn’t sufficiently skilled as an actor to portray in a way that foregrounds his talent.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2023

The repeated “He,” has a sarcastic tone, and the hysteron proteron in the second sentence foregrounds this notion on which the argument turns: Is pride really a bad thing?

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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