top billing

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 The polls were released Thursday, with Montana State receiving top billing in both. Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2025 Pho Phong Luu The steaming bowls of pho might get top billing but the garlic-fish sauce wings at this Vietnamese cafe pack an umami punch like few others in town. Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025 While Northern California destinations Lake Tahoe and Shasta Lake didn’t make the list, a Southern California spot got top billing. Sarah Linn july 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025 Two little flips Samsung is giving the Z Fold 7 top billing right now, but new flip phones might steal the show. ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for top billing
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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The new 120-seat restaurant places a spotlight on the French Italian Riviera and its cuisine—all while using those ingredients found a littler closer to Swikard’s home.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
  • From up in the rafters, a single spotlight coldly blazed.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While the 77th Annual Emmy Awards embraced nostalgia with attention to classics like The Golden Girls and Gilmore Girls, it was once again dominated by streaming giants breaking records and reshaping the industry.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Engravings on the bullets caught the agents’ attention.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Top billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20billing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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