salient fact
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsalientandfact
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salient
adjective
uk/ˈseɪ.li.ənt/us/ˈseɪ.li.ənt/
The salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things ...
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fact
noun[C or U]
uk/fækt/us/fækt/
something that is known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists, or about which there ...
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(Definition ofsalientandfactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is thesalientfact.
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What is thesalientfactwhich emerges?
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Onesalientfactstands out there.
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That is the onlysalientfact.
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In regard to manufactured products, thesalientfactis clear.
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That is thesalientfactof the situation.
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It is odd that thatsalientfacthas not come up.
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That is thesalientfactwhich has emerged from our debate.
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I noticed onesalientfactabout that debate—namely, that really nothing new was said.
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But this fact of alienation is asalientfact, and we deny it at our peril.
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I would be willing to do so, were it not for onesalientfact.
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Is not that the second greatsalientfact; that emerges from our proceedings this evening?
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It is funny that thatsalientfacthas never come up either.
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Do not let us forget that very important andsalientfactabout these working-class houses.
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What, after all, is thesalientfactwhich is now offered to us?
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Thesalientfactmay be that the incineration would take place in an existing facility.
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The idea is to take thatsalientfactinto account while building up a regime that will have some effect.
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It seems to me that thesalientfactis that the industry is doing very well at the moment.
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Thesalientfactstands out that there has been no outbreak of epidemics within those two months.
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I remind him of onesalientfactabout what we have already achieved in the numeracy strategy.
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I make my second point not in a party political sense, but because it is a fact—an extremely important,salientfactof the situation.
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If there has been no satisfactory settlement of people on the land, what is the othersalientfactwhich meets one's eye?
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Thesalientfactwhich stands out, as all those concerned in this matter know only too well, is that this country needs more dentists.
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The onlysalientfactis that a mistake was definitely made somewhere.
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There is onesalientfactrunning through these data: the citizens want more information and have chosen television as the best means to receive that information.
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