as in to emphasize
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency
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as in center
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Recent Examples of foreground
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
In a post-pandemic world, such attention to art’s medicinal properties has broad relevance, but to foreground only this of art’s many virtues, while couching this take in the language of tech entrepreneurs, should raise eyebrows if not alarm bells regarding its pure instrumentalization.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
Background/foreground blur and other in-camera trickery are used to great effect.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Funk describes the group of Bay Area and Central Valley painters and ceramicists working in an idiosyncratic and blithely crude figurative Pop style that foregrounded humor and irreverence, and which overlapped with the somewhat more specific group of Nut artists.
—Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
In a post-pandemic world, such attention to art’s medicinal properties has broad relevance, but to foreground only this of art’s many virtues, while couching this take in the language of tech entrepreneurs, should raise eyebrows if not alarm bells regarding its pure instrumentalization.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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With caribou seen in the distance and a hunter posed in the foreground, True Detective: Night Country’s icy Alaskan valley communicates lurking danger and astonishing beauty in one glorious image.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
Background/foreground blur and other in-camera trickery are used to great effect.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Despite the reduction in scope, Fraga acknowledged that the development would still increase traffic on the already congested Northwest 87th Avenue, but emphasized that the revised plan was the best possible outcome, reducing the number of units by more than 1,000 from the original proposal.Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
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After buying the title off script, the Korean distributor put together a robust social media campaign that targeted young audiences while emphasizing the film’s mouth-watering content.Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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Historically, field service businesses have functioned more like urgent care centers, relying on reactive maintenance when problems arise.Anand Subbaraj, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Both players would get great opportunities to consistently play in the big leagues with the White Sox while the Dodgers would receive a high-level center fielder.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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What to Know Speaking on Tuesday's episode of Cafe Insider, Bharara highlighted that Merchan's decision to schedule the January 10 sentencing followed Trump's own request to delay proceedings until after November's election.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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The findings highlight the urgent need to address threats to prevent further species declines and losses and could help to inform future efforts to reduce the loss of freshwater biodiversity, the researchers said.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Both of our wives are pregnant and our primary focus right now is getting back on stable ground.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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After the company completed integration of the rocket this week, and rolled the super heavy lift rocket to its launch site at Cape Canaveral, the focus turned toward the weather.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
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Observers have largely brushed aside the idea that the U.S. could realistically acquire Greenland; Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stressed that Greenland is not for sale as the acquisition conversation continued to flow from the president-elect.Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
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According to The Los Angeles Times, officials stressed that there is no immediate danger to the Westwood campus but urged students to remain vigilant.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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The photo shared from the vice president’s official social media accounts on Saturday featured the three Democrats the most prominently.Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Pasadena Playhouse producing artistic director Danny Feldman first had the idea years ago: concert stagings of classic American musicals, each featuring an all-star cast and a full orchestra.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Foreground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreground. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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