top billing

noun

Definition of top billingnext
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 Nonwhite voters claim top billing As the first-in-the-South primary, South Carolina was more decisive than Iowa and New Hampshire for nominees Barack Obama in 2008, Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Nonwhite voters claim top billing As the first-in-the-South primary, South Carolina was more decisive than Iowa and New Hampshire for nominees Barack Obama in 2008, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020. — Mike Catalini, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026 Oil and gas, in fact, aren’t given top billing in this revision of American science. — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Does James really want to share top billing on his farewell tour with the likes of Steph Curry, Jaylen Brown or James Harden? — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for top billing
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  1. center stage
  2. spotlight
  3. attention
Noun
  • The Dream will play Games 3 and 4 on their center stage, also, at State Farm Arena.
    — AJC Sports, AJC.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Hilton’s attack on Becerra’s dad was never meant for a California audience, where the Latino experience of fluidity in geography and identity holds center stage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of center stage
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  • Accordingly, her tenure drew an intense spotlight, including her decision to take a short maternity leave.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The award marks a return to the Busan spotlight for Lee, whose debut feature, The Shoe Fairy, screened in the festival’s New Currents section in 2005.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of spotlight
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  • Amalia Ulman’s 2025 film Magic Farm, about an American team’s desperation to manufacture a viral trend in rural Argentina, is minor cringe for its pleasurable skewering of the attention economy.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • No one was standing over my shoulder telling me to pay it special attention, but I was mesmerized.
    — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of attention

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“Top billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20billing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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