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 on the Web This year’s performance marks Coldplay’s fifth time with top billing, making the band the first act to do so. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 June 2024 Post Malone, Doja Cat, Rauw Alejandro, and Jelly Roll take top billing, with appearances from Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Dr. Jane Goodall. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 June 2024 Martin Lawrence smacks Will Smith in the face not once, not twice, but three times, so that the man with top billing can shake it off and get back to the killing. Michael Phillips, Twin Cities, 7 June 2024 Markov got top billing on the poster, but Grier got top billing onscreen. Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for top billing 

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“Top billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20billing. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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