as in center stage
the center of public attention
despite being of epic proportions, the famine overseas rarely received top billing in the American press
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Recent Examples of top billing
Despite being known as the Garden State, New Jersey doesn’t always get top billing for its agricultural scene.
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Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Ham and lamb may get top billing, but the real stars of Easter dinner are the sides.
—Phoebe Fry, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Broadway, writes my USA TODAY colleague Patrick Ryan, is giving some of those issues top billing during the 2026 season.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The group has top billing at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival in June and Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival in September.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
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Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Ham and lamb may get top billing, but the real stars of Easter dinner are the sides.
—Phoebe Fry, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Broadway, writes my USA TODAY colleague Patrick Ryan, is giving some of those issues top billing during the 2026 season.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The group has top billing at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival in June and Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival in September.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top billing
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That would change in a head-to-head-matchup when the issues where Hilton is closer to Trump’s position would move to center stage.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 May 2026
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Men’s Casino Gauntlet Match AEW featured a Women’s Casino Gauntlet at All In 2025, so this year the men could take center stage in one of the company’s most innovative match concepts, with a future world title opportunity on the line.—
Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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The investigation places a national spotlight on a local controversy that has dominated public meetings in Cabarrus County this spring, drawing dozens of speakers to school board and county commission meetings and generating extensive discussion on social media.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
2 June 2026
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There have been several cases of high schools or colleges around the United States that ended up plastered across social media and in the national spotlight.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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If Muntadas’s work expands the spectacle of self-exploitation to its wider social implications, Lord’s chapter in Media Hostages, Future Language, redirects this attention to the uninterested spectators passing by the billboard on the road.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday reiterated warnings of a possible massive Russian strike and urged residents to pay special attention to air raid alerts.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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“Top billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20billing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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