as in top billing
the center of public attention
a public health problem that has moved to center stage in recent years
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Recent Examples of center stage
The aforementioned jobs reports occupy center stage, but there's a handful of other important releases worth calling out.
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
As a drama moving relentlessly toward division and war, the actions of the great powers—especially of the United States—occupy center stage.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Four years later, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducteees have returned to center stage to share music from their first new album in over 40 years.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Then Marquez found himself at center stage surrounded by the Kansas City Symphony.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for center stage
Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
As a drama moving relentlessly toward division and war, the actions of the great powers—especially of the United States—occupy center stage.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Four years later, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducteees have returned to center stage to share music from their first new album in over 40 years.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Then Marquez found himself at center stage surrounded by the Kansas City Symphony.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for center stage
Noun
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Sacramento’s own Deftones headlined on Friday night, and Korn had top billing on Saturday.—
Nathaniel Levine,
Sacbee.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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This surprisingly early Coachella talent announcement includes its regular roster of pop superstar headliners, with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G taking top billing among dozens of other genre spanning acts.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Last March, Sam Westhoff, who performs under the moniker Haffway, stood beneath a lone spotlight onstage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and delivered a song about struggling to slow down.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Golden Globes is putting a spotlight on Brazilian entertainment with a new celebration set for March in Rio de Janeiro.—
William Earl,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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The sequel, set for October 2026, centers on a young Facebook engineer named Frances Haugen (played by Mikey Madison) who teams up with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) on a risky mission to bring attention to Facebook’s biggest secrets.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mamdani is going to be the mayor of their district, of their -- of their city, and that's why there's so much attention on this.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The city has largely avoided the brunt of the immigration limelight somehow, with Chicago in full focus in recent days.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Carter Jensen always dreamed of sitting in the catbird seat at Kauffman Stadium.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Of all the players swirling in the bribery scandal involving former House Speaker Michael Madigan, from precinct captains and political directors to legislators and lobbyists, one man held the ultimate catbird seat: Michael Francis McClain.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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