I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
national
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The national spotlight was on us - and it appeared to most of us that we'd missed an open goal.
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The winners in 1992, 1980, 1976 and 1968 were unencumbered by political duties as federal officeholders in the national spotlight .
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None of us reckoned on the combined firepower of the national spotlight , powerful political opponents and, yes, our shortcomings.
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Tom Hayden recalled the foment in Chicago 28 years ago that propelled him as a young radical into the national spotlight .
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Her mentor, Jim Teyechea, pushed Nogales' plight into the national spotlight , before he died of bone marrow cancer.
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The national spotlight is one Bush has attempted to avoid since taking office in January 1995.
public
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He left the public spotlight to his wife, Pamela, whose notable salon nurtured a generation of assorted celebrities.
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Putting the records immediately on the Internet means an immediate public spotlight .
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Modern-day racers are under the public spotlight and any slip-up can land them in serious trouble.
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Slowly, quietly, far from the public spotlight , new kinds of public institutions are emerging.
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media
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Suddenly she found herself under an intense media spotlight , enduring a 24-hour guard until she was 16.
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Actually, it is Perot himself who is demanding the media spotlight again, now that Sen.
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Yet he is the first to realise that the world's media spotlight will, once again, be on Redgrave.
■ VERB
put
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But this had never required him to put himself in the spotlight .
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The Profitboss puts the spotlight on revenue.
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Arthur Rackham: A life with illustration, puts the spotlight right back where it should be.
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The June 1992 cover story put the spotlight on the banks and their image.
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This will enable us to put the spotlight on those inner city LEAs and schools which are failing their pupils.
shine
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Accordingly, this book shines a spotlight on the Centralism precepts, and on the practices they yield.
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A hunter shines a spotlight on a group of kangaroos, called a mob.
throw
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The weakness of these controls throws the spotlight on the Police Complaints Authority composed of lay persons.
turn
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He has closed the greenhouses and turned the spotlight back to fisheries.
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The Equitable debacle has brought renewed accusations of mis-selling and turned a spotlight on the effectiveness of regulation.
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As Barker turns the spotlight back on to our own attitudes, Border Crossing asks questions we can only answer for ourselves.
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This latest book turns the spotlight on the human aspects and it offers excellent entertainment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Johnson stepped into the spotlight to make his speech.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At last Nahat was up against the backdrop with the spotlight breathing down his neck.
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His blue eyes shimmer in the spotlights.
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Let the eyes hold the spotlight and keep lips muted with soft pink or peach.
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Suddenly, Stairway to Paradise is echoing through the theatre and I am stepping into the spotlight sliding faster and faster.
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Tatum had stayed out of the spotlight to bring up their three children Kevin, six, Sean, five and one-year-old Emily.
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The only option may be a single mercury vapour or metal halide spotlight , with no option for extra support lighting.
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The winners in 1992, 1980, 1976 and 1968 were unencumbered by political duties as federal officeholders in the national spotlight .
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Vaught likes the spotlight as much any other person.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The article spotlights the growth of Islam in the U.S.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But one top economist viewed the Government's decision to spotlight manufacturing as another U-turn.
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Our list here isn't comprehensive, but simply aims to spotlight some of the new homes on the market.