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
Now the food blogger from Charlotte, North Carolina, is getting top billing at the White House thanks to President Donald Trump and Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again agenda.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
After 19 seasons as the show’s lead, Pompeo scaled back her on-screen presence in Season 20 and has been recurring since while continuing to get top billing on the series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
The economy’s top billing on CFOs’ list of risk concerns is no surprise.
—Jim Deloach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Hines and Ford went on to secure bookings on several other late-night programs and nab top billings at nightclubs around the country.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
After 19 seasons as the show’s lead, Pompeo scaled back her on-screen presence in Season 20 and has been recurring since while continuing to get top billing on the series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
The economy’s top billing on CFOs’ list of risk concerns is no surprise.
—Jim Deloach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Hines and Ford went on to secure bookings on several other late-night programs and nab top billings at nightclubs around the country.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top billing
Noun
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Blue began the performance strutting down center stage doing her best model walk before flawlessly breaking into a rendition of the uptempo song’s choreography.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The life-sized, guitar-wielding cutout stood on a platform center stage, flanked by the choir Boone enlisted for the powerful rendition.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Dean was famously private, preferring to stay far out of reach of his wife’s spotlight.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
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This is where strategic leaders use social media not as a spotlight, but as a mirror—a feedback loop that sharpens clarity, surfaces blind spots, and informs better decisions.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Plus, no matter who's involved, humans have a natural tendency to pay close attention to danger and threats, especially if those threats have lurked without detection for so long.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2025
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“Top billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20billing. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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