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spotlighted

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verb

variants or spotlit
past tense of spotlight

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotlighted
Verb
  • The victims were sisters and identified by a family member only as 9-year-old Sammy and 13-year-old Valery, ABC 6 News reported.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • That victim has since been identified by local media as 19-year-old Akeela Clarke, a female Walmart employee.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers specifically focused on the Gulf of California, a biodiversity hotspot.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Modern breeders have focused not just on leaf color, but on traits including leaf size and shape.
    Margaret Roach, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • His suit featured four-bar motifs, which harkened back to the label’s men’s resort 2024 collection.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Also among the photos was a shot of Chicago’s incredible personalized cake, which featured a pink and white cowboy boot, a western belt and ‘Chi’ written out in pink rope.
    Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Through a reproducibility lens, students evaluate claims in published studies as contingent on the transparency and soundness of the evidence and analysis on which the claims are based.
    Richard Ball, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
  • The last round of published sampling by the FDA in 2022 found that 54 samples of human food had detectable amounts of glyphosate out of 731 analyzed.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • The researchers emphasized that this system must be incredibly efficient, as squid can use the energy to alter their entire body’s appearance underwater where only low levels of light can penetrate.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025
  • What to Know Oz also emphasized the role of technology, artificial intelligence, and telemedicine in making health care more efficient and accessible.
    Gabe Whisnant, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Of course, with a broadcast social network like X, everyone is both a patron and an owner of sorts.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
  • The series, which is produced by Fox Entertainment Studios, came out of a broadcast direct deal between Leary and the company.
    Peter White, Deadline, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, biometric authentication has become more prevalent.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 25 June 2025
  • At the same time, companies must keep pace with evolving data and AI regulations to avoid compliance pitfalls, particularly as non-human identities become more prevalent.
    Arun Shrestha, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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“Spotlighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotlighted. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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