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high relief

NOUN
projected carving
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This stark dichotomy puts Amina, stunningly sung and acted by Nadine Sierra, into high relief on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

All those rights were thrown into high relief by the bankruptcy filing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

But the effects of the pandemic cast the two men’s differing visions into high relief.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022

Staying home all the time has really thrown into high relief how much *work* it is to go out into the world and perform appropriate femininity.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2021

Particularly were we impressed with the curious Caverns on the Island of Elephanta, with the gigantic figures carved in high relief.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh




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