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salience

[sey-lee-uhns, seyl-yuhns] / ˈseɪ li əns, ˈseɪl yəns /




NOUN
jutting
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CAHILLANE: There’s no such thing as a forever brand, where because it has so much salience people are just going to continue to buy it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Lizzie O’Leary: Let’s talk about the salience engine and storytelling platform on which you primarily exist, which is YouTube.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

But what gives the row political salience now is Sir Keir Starmer's decision to send Lord Mandelson to Washington a year ago.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

The salience of both news organizations is waning.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

He intended to front the mass of the edifice with a majestic colonnade, giving externally to one limb of the Greek cross a rectangular salience corresponding to its three semicircular apses.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington




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