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

Your 9th House of Mental Growth takes the spotlight as the empathetic Moon fusses over combative Mars. —Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026

By announcing artists individually, each act gets a moment in the spotlight that a traditional poster drop simply can’t offer. —Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2026

As Variety confirmed last week, the pop icon is set to perform a string of concerts this fall at Paris La Défense Arena, marking her first major series of live shows since stepping away from the spotlight in 2022. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 30 Mar. 2026

Amanda Peet is pulling back the threadbare curtain on life underneath the spotlight. —Brie Stimson , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for the spotlight

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