FRONT BURNER Definition & Meaning

front burner

noun

Informal. a condition or position of top priority:
Put the project on the front burner and finish it as soon as possible.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of front burner¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by analogy with back burner

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“It’s not really on the front burner,” added Glen Murray, the Kings director of player development “I haven’t really thought about it a lot.”

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With firms less desperate for talent and diversity, equity and inclusion programs no longer on the front burner, initiatives like skills-based hiring can lose momentum.

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I told him that this was on the front burner and that it would get appropriate attention.”

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A top Department of Energy official in charge of overseeing the agency’s efficiency standards was in the hot seat Tuesday as House Republicans put gas stoves back on the front burner.

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“It looks like it won’t breach. That is good. That is one less thing we have to have on our front burner,” Montpelier Town Manager Bill Fraser said.

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