(~s)
1.
The ~ of a picture or scene you are looking at is the part or area of it that appears nearest to you.
He is the bowler-hatted figure in the ~ of Orpen’s famous painting.
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N-VAR: oft in the N
2.
If something or someone is in the ~, or comes to the ~, they receive a lot of attention.
This is another worry that has come to the ~ in recent years.
N-SING: usu the N, oft in/to N