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In natural English speech, "salient" appears in contexts such as: "And what I hear you saying, the key to dealing with resistance, and concern, and hesitation is to make your argument, your persuasion relevant and salient to the audience, and then work backwards from what their concerns are. And I love that concept of reverse engineering, and that's very powerful.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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And what I hear you saying, the key to dealing with resistance, and concern, and hesitation is to make your argument, your persuasion relevant and

salient to the audience, and then work backwards from what their concerns are.

And I love that concept of reverse engineering, and that's very powerful.

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adjective

Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.

“The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.”

Synonyms:pertinent relevant applicable apposite

adjective

Prominent; conspicuous.

“Warning me that many of the street signs were down, the youth drew for my benefit a rough but ample and painstaking sketch map of the town's salient features.”

Synonyms:attention-grabbing flashy high-profile

noun

An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.

“On April 26 the First Division had gone into the line in the Montdidier salient on the Picardy battlefront.”

noun

A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

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