front burner

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front burner

noun front burners

figuratively A state of high priority. At a moment in American history when homosexuality was already a front-burner issue, Kinsey's report added fuel to the fire.
Opposite: back burner

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@misc{front_burner_2026,
  title = {front burner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/front%20burner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}