the spotlight
noun
: public attention or notice
a baseball star who hates the spotlight
They're always in the spotlight.
School violence is once again under the media spotlight.
The news article turned/put the spotlight on the city's financial problems.
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Their words painted a portrait of someone who micromanaged, monopolized the spotlight and rarely recognized individual contributions.
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Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
After years of skepticisim following the Fukushima disaster of 2011, a growing need for large, reliable supplies of power to support the world’s AI boom has brought nuclear energy — and the fuel required for it — back into the spotlight.
—April Roach, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
His proud, Black queerness takes the spotlight on one of the world’s preeminent stages, playing the sort of music that is not expected of him but that he’s found home in.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Smith’s relationship has been in the spotlight since going public earlier this year.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
After years of skepticisim following the Fukushima disaster of 2011, a growing need for large, reliable supplies of power to support the world’s AI boom has brought nuclear energy — and the fuel required for it — back into the spotlight.
—April Roach, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
His proud, Black queerness takes the spotlight on one of the world’s preeminent stages, playing the sort of music that is not expected of him but that he’s found home in.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Smith’s relationship has been in the spotlight since going public earlier this year.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the spotlight
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“The spotlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20spotlight. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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