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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

Winkler’s affective shortcomings throw his social anxiety and bouts of verbal diarrhea into high relief.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Interracial relationships throw this into high relief, pushing cultural and racial differences to the fore⁠—the key edges of those puzzle pieces.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2022

Side.—Lioness, in high relief, recumbent to right, playing with cubs.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.




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