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noun

plural of spotlight
as in limelights
the center of public attention reality show contestants who become addicted to the spotlight

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spotlights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spotlight
as in focuses

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Recent Examples of spotlights
Noun
The dotted centers of the doodle-looking flowers were instead clusters of spotlights that could point in different directions. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 This week's quiz spotlights summer escapes and remarkable love stories. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 There are plenty of seasonal offers and discount opportunities popping up throughout the year, whether during holiday sales, in the form of special destination spotlights, or as the seasons change. — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026 The room, finished in Domingue lime paint, is illuminated by a 1950s Isamu Noguchi Akari floor lamp and surface-mount spotlights by Lucifer Lighting. — Punch Hutton, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026 Harbaugh’s hiring thrust the Giants into back-to-back exciting prime time spotlights in Weeks 1 and 2 of this NFL season. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026 Nosferatu spotlights wet, dewy lilac, one of those early spring blooms that perfumers often use to emulate the smell of rain. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 15 July 2026 This upcoming bloom spotlights a plant nicknamed Odora, who last opened in 2024, and Odorysseus, a rookie public bloomer. — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Bright spotlights lit the signing table donned with the presidential seal. — Jarrell Dillard, Washington Post, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotlights
  1. attentions
  2. focuses
  3. highlights
  4. identifies
  5. features
  6. pinpoints
Noun
  • But this is not a restaurant built for restraint; turn your attentions to Les Grands, a selection of jumbo desserts, each big enough to feed a quorum.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • The flirty attentions of handsome fellow student Henry (Nate Mann) — an adult, like everyone else in the class — don’t hurt either.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 June 2026
Definition of attentions
Verb
  • The ByteDance app, for example, is directing users of its former AI companion service to another of its apps which solely focuses on building personalized AI characters and stories.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Salvation Army focuses on helping others with substance abuse, rehabilitation, and housing assistance.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of focuses
Verb
  • Beyond fundraising, the initiative highlights sports as a critical platform for developing character and leadership skills in youth.
    — Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Climate change meets history The resurfacing of these warships highlights an increasingly common phenomenon across Europe.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of highlights
Verb
  • The report identifies 10 jobs that offer six-figure compensation without the intense pressure linked to executive leadership, investment banking or sales.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Citation analysis identifies the domains and exact URLs influencing those answers, helping teams see whether their own pages, publishers or other third-party sources shape the response.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • The archive features beauty products originating from the 17th century through the 2000s, with the most valuable item being a Max Factor lipstick belonging to Marilyn Monroe that Parsons secured in an online auction for more than $15,000.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The new museum features not just security for the building – but a complex system for each display, said Abdalraouf.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of features
Verb
  • The paper also pinpoints a few technical challenges Debug will face.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • This tool pinpoints the ancient latitude of any modern location, tracing its journey back to the peak of the supercontinent Pangaea.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of pinpoints

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