spotlight
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Riding a wave of hype and capital, quantum computing was thrust back into the spotlight last month as the U.S. government made a $2 billion bet on the technology.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Pratt, a Republican and onetime star of MTV’s “The Hills,” grabbed much of the national spotlight, appearing on “Fox & Friends” and chatting up podcaster Joe Rogan.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
But a tiny number have chosen the spotlight.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
The spotlight was beginning to feel a little distant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
An invisible humming engine shone a small spotlight onto one corner of her desk, to the upper right of the geometry text, and the triangles they were studying all looked like bread.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Vocabulary lists containing spotlight
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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