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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

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

A male head in high relief, wearing a taenia, is slightly bent forwards to the right.

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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