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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In time, the spotlight faded again, and Game's life continued on.
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Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
For now, a controversial loan product is back in the spotlight, and the housing market is holding its breath for the next move from the central bank.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Yet, despite his pedigree and the spotlight that comes with being Deion Sanders’ son, Cleveland has seemingly explored every other option to jump-start the offense.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Johnson’s disappearance nearly five years ago put the spotlight on the many cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women that families and activists argued were getting overlooked and dismissed.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
For now, a controversial loan product is back in the spotlight, and the housing market is holding its breath for the next move from the central bank.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Yet, despite his pedigree and the spotlight that comes with being Deion Sanders’ son, Cleveland has seemingly explored every other option to jump-start the offense.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Johnson’s disappearance nearly five years ago put the spotlight on the many cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women that families and activists argued were getting overlooked and dismissed.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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