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spot‧light1
1 [countable] a light with a very bright beam which can be directed at someone or something. Spotlights are often used to light a stage when actors or singers are performing : 
The yard was lit by three huge spotlights.
The yard was lit by three huge spotlights.2 a lot of attention in newspapers, on television etc
the spotlight
put/turn the spotlight on something A new report has turned the spotlight on the problem of poverty in the inner cities.
A new report has turned the spotlight on the problem of poverty in the inner cities.
