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The players association presumably recognizes the most salient fact about the owners’ approach to labor relations, which is their history of of treating the players like peons and lying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

And the issue has become more salient since the Oct.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Therefore, beyond the actual numbers, the more salient information for investors is how much of the refunds will flow to their bottom lines.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Rarely does the movie hit on any salient points that the series hasn’t already made, opting instead to repeat narrative patterns and jerk a few tears here and there.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

It was a river of iridescent onyx—Mrs. Shigemura described it in Japanese—the salient feature of her physical being, as prominent and extraordinary as baldness might have been in another girl of the same age.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

But as the week went on, the Iranian defenses hardened and the Iraqis found themselves pressed to maintain their salients.

From Time Magazine Archive

South Viet Nam, Malaysia and Thailand represent salients on the edge of China's sphere of influence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mostly, the action was confined to border thrusts by both sides to straighten out salients that are difficult to defend.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heaviest fighting was apparently concentrated at the cutting edge of two bulging Chinese salients.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bombing used at this time to be practised by small sections in each battalion, who occupied dangerous salients called "bird-cages" in the fire trenches.

From With Manchesters in the East by Sir Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley) Hurst