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spotlight

2 verb
     
spotlight2 past tense and past participle spotlighted or spotlit [transitive]
1 to direct attention to someone or something [= highlight]:
The article spotlights the problems of the homeless.
2 to shine a strong beam of light on something:
She walked out onto the spotlit stage.
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