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
Ever since this show was announced in late 2023, when Kim Kardashian appeared in the most recent season of American Horror Story, there has been a lot of chatter about Kardashian getting top billing over actresses who are far more experienced in the craft.
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Sacramento’s own Deftones headlined on Friday night, and Korn had top billing on Saturday.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
This surprisingly early Coachella talent announcement includes its regular roster of pop superstar headliners, with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G taking top billing among dozens of other genre spanning acts.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Krispy Kreme's original melt-in-your-mouth glazed donut will always get top billing on the menu.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Sacramento’s own Deftones headlined on Friday night, and Korn had top billing on Saturday.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
This surprisingly early Coachella talent announcement includes its regular roster of pop superstar headliners, with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G taking top billing among dozens of other genre spanning acts.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Krispy Kreme's original melt-in-your-mouth glazed donut will always get top billing on the menu.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top billing
Noun
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Technology, the execs acknowledge, will be center stage in the talks with studios and streamers given the leap forward in AI in the three years since the last round of negotiations.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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Recovering consumer demand in China remains center stage, the reported added.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Plunging necklines and pleated skirts would go on to be stylish spotlights in Monroe's fashions.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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Storrie was thrust into the international spotlight in late 2025 for his role as hockey player Ilya Rozanov in Heated Rivalry, based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Reid.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The bill passed in June without media attention, while bombs were dropping on Iran.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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But Vanderbilt, as attention, pressure and fatigue rise on a pursuit no one outside its camp expected, is essentially two teams with two games left in the 2025 regular season.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Top billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20billing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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