high relief
noun
: sculptural relief in which at least half of the circumference of the modeled form projects compare bas-relief
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Though the couple are now ostensibly upwardly mobile urbanites, the differences between them come into high relief during two vacations, when their in-laws make separate visits.
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The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Set designer Bunny Christie traps the Manhattanite in a tiny box with sharp lines and neon lights, casting her growing sense of claustrophobia into high relief.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
One stele, the work of an unrecorded sculptor, shows a group of four carved in high relief, presumably a family.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
San Bernardino City Unified, among California’s lowest-income districts, also received a high relief funding payout: $230 million for 46,000 students.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
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The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Set designer Bunny Christie traps the Manhattanite in a tiny box with sharp lines and neon lights, casting her growing sense of claustrophobia into high relief.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
One stele, the work of an unrecorded sculptor, shows a group of four carved in high relief, presumably a family.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
San Bernardino City Unified, among California’s lowest-income districts, also received a high relief funding payout: $230 million for 46,000 students.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
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“High relief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20relief. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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