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salience

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




NOUN
jutting
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Economists have found that round-number prices for retail items have salience with consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The salience of both news organizations is waning.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

It gave the issue of accidental releases from prison a salience and prominence it hadn't had until then.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

I had landed here for my fateful drive because of its climate salience, as well as its award-winning Hummer dealership, Sheehan Buick GMC.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Again, the desire for salience often blunts the student’s sense of the real character of the forms he is rounding out.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various




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