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spotlit

  • past participle
    of spotlight.
    spotlight
    noun
    a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • past tense form
    of spotlight.
    spotlight
    noun
    a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.

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Then Cruise appeared, spotlit atop the stadium’s curved roofline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

Summer, 1954 With her paper-cluttered desk spotlit underneath a pendant lamp, Margaret Mead’s office in the western turret in the American Museum of Natural History resembled a Broadway theater set.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024

The spine of the play is a spotlit monologue by Janina, who dips in and out of the action as it unfolds around her.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

One species in particular gets spotlit in the new report: beavers.

From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021

It was also being spotlit by 1441 L St. I stood in the iridescent shaft and delighted in the shadow I cast.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2019