foreground
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“Across the Ages” reveals a culture—omnivorous, regenerative, endlessly adaptable—whose dynamic abstract artworks resist any fixed sense of beginning or end, above or below, foreground or background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
As the supernova's light travels toward Earth, it passes by two galaxies in the foreground.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
A large mound of snow visible in the foreground in 2025 was gone in 2026.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
During one orbit, Anders captured Earth's brilliant blue hue standing out against the vast darkness of space and accentuated by the desolate, grey lunar horizon in the foreground.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Maybe he simply wanted what any newcomer like him wanted and would will for himself, a broader foreground from which he might naturally emerge.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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