as in center stage
the center of public attention
despite being of epic proportions, the famine overseas rarely received top billing in the American press
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Recent Examples of top billing
But in 2024, the rose once again has top billing in the world of perfume.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
Both of his older brothers were drafted in 2019 (Cody was a third-rounder; Jackson a seventh-rounder), but Lander has a chance to earn top billing in his family.
—Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Undefeated Oregon received top billing once again, delivered by the committee a few hours after Big Ten number crunchers ran through tiebreaker scenarios and realized the Ducks had clinched a spot in the conference title game no matter what happens between now and December.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
As one of the genre’s premier artists since the late ’80s — first as a member of the groundbreaking hip-hop group DC Talk and later as a solo act — TobyMac deserves the top billing on the marquee.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
Both of his older brothers were drafted in 2019 (Cody was a third-rounder; Jackson a seventh-rounder), but Lander has a chance to earn top billing in his family.
—Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Undefeated Oregon received top billing once again, delivered by the committee a few hours after Big Ten number crunchers ran through tiebreaker scenarios and realized the Ducks had clinched a spot in the conference title game no matter what happens between now and December.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
As one of the genre’s premier artists since the late ’80s — first as a member of the groundbreaking hip-hop group DC Talk and later as a solo act — TobyMac deserves the top billing on the marquee.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top billing
Noun
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Both of them did career-best work in their respective films, and both reminded you that some of the most interesting, complicated, subversive, and downright jaw-dropping acting work is done in the periphery of a film rather than center stage.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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The debate over whether vaccinations are safe and necessary has again moved to the nation's center stage as a measles outbreak that began in California has now affected more than 120 people from Canada to Mexico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and news reports.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The 27-track album became a huge catalyst for the recent spotlight on Black country artists and the genre's roots.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Her Ex-Husband Is These dramatic changes place even more of a spotlight on Ivy League institutions, which have some of the highest legacy admissions rates, as well as the most insistent defenses of the process.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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His stories enthrall his fellow captives, and capture the attention of Hasan, the enigmatic and feared Bey of Algiers, igniting an affinity between captor and captive.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Image The Historian By Elizabeth Kostova In her fresh take on the vampire novel, Kostova reworks the Dracula legend with a historian’s meticulous attention to detail.—
M.L. Rio,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Top billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20billing. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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