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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

But confronting what you specifically don’t like about working with this anti-mentor can cast what you prioritize most into high relief.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2024

To show their differences in high relief, but also to show unexpected similarities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 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

On each side of the inscribed panel is a vine branch with grapes; above are a pine cone and two lions' heads to the front in high relief.

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


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