salient
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So when the bond market takes different views on different parts of the AI financing market, it can be a good guide to what investors view as the most salient risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
There is certainly salient evidence to the contrary: During the dot-com boom, the New York Stock Exchange advance-decline line peaked in 1998, data showed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
It eventually appeared in the paper but with many of the salient details left out.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Some, like the fifth installment, “Retribution” — which reorients the series to a much more salient, focused place — stand head and shoulders above others.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The answer, then, to the salient question—What were these two prominent American statesmen doing on that ledge beneath the plains of Weehawken?—is reasonably clear.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Last week, on one of Wall Street's sorest salients, there was Peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
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One of Chiang's armies had been cut off, and two others that tried to rescue it had exposed salients.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But as the week went on, the Iranian defenses hardened and the Iraqis found themselves pressed to maintain their salients.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Only half of the salients mapped during the summer by the House had been fought over by the Senate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The South African sun is ruthless to exposed complexions, and has an unhappy way of showing up the presence of thick pastes and creams which have been worked into contours in danger of becoming salients.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
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