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.

Examples of the spotlight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Betancur told The Charlotte Observer in an interview Monday morning the encounter was the latest in a series of troubling incidents since his business was thrust into the spotlight during Border Patrol’s November operation in Charlotte. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026

With that $140, York bought himself a lifetime of punchlines at his expense and, presumably, years of hiding from the spotlight. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

This concern remained largely under the public radar until a Covid-era crunch thrust it into the spotlight. — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

The quarter-final encounter in Foxboro between France and Morocco brought Bouaddi’s decision back under the spotlight. — Tom Williams, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the spotlight

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