salient

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 4, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>salient</strong> &#149; \SAIL-yunt\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Salient</em> means "standing out conspicuously," "being prominent," or "of notable significance."</p> <p>// The assignment was to write down the <em>salient</em> facts from the article.</p> <p>// There are <em>salient</em> differences expressed in the editorials.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salient">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Research published last month in MIT's <em>Sloan Management Review</em> offers some insight. The <em>salient</em> point it makes is that a 'toxic work culture' was more than 10 times as predictive of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attrition">attrition</a> than insufficient compensation." — Ginia Bellafante, <em>The New York Times</em>, 6 Feb. 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Salient</em> first popped up in English as a word referring to the act of leaping. It is from the Latin verb <em>salire</em>, which means "to leap." Today, <em>salient</em> is usually used to describe things that "leap out," such as the salient features of a painting or the salient points in an argument.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>