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The Journal did not report the remark at the time but published a story this morning spotlighting it.
That effort is spotlighting an academic debate about psychology and research methods.
Even "man's standing ovation, the human spine, like the horizon line on the Atlantic, bows, ever so slightly, under influence of things unseen .If the likes of Messrs Thackara and Frayn have helped to illuminate the nuclear drama by spotlighting its main actors, Ms Wiggins has also done a literary service in throwing her beam on the bit players.
While I fully agree and understand social cohesion plays a fundamental role in creating a harmonious society I don't feel that spotlighting Muslim women in Britain is the answer.
Labour will seek to regain the political initiative by spotlighting large rail fare increases and excessive rent rises, while Mr Umunna is also planning to highlight the rapid of growth in employers demanding that staff accept "zero-hours" contracts.
He set some of his best films — including "The Quiet Man," from 1952, newly available in a luminous restoration from Olive Films — in distant lands and dramatized the clash of modern ways with enduring traditions, spotlighting a primal stage of contention, that of a couple in love confronting the extended family.
That "invented" overstates the case, but it serves as a corrective, too, spotlighting the essential-to-the-form contributions of an artist who is usually mentioned only in passing.
15th was its thirty-one-hundred-and-fiftieth performance), is a kid-friendly spectacle spotlighting ingenious bubble wizardry, accompanied by lights, lasers, and other special effects.
This, of course, is an excellent way of casting the narrative into modernist "reflexivity," spotlighting the inventor behind the illusion.
By stripping away the twenties kitsch and spotlighting the language, John Collins and company did for "Gatsby" what David Cromer's brilliant, spare production did for "Our Town" in 2009, reminding us, with a jolt, of the genius of the original.
The closer is, for the first time, an electronic act, the producer Bobby Krlic's dark ambient solo project the Haxan Cloak, spotlighting the current vogue for bleak and minimal electronica.
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The primary grammatical function of "spotlighting" is that of a present participle or gerund form of the verb "spotlight". It is often used to modify nouns or serve as a verb in continuous tenses, indicating an action of emphasizing or drawing attention to something. According to Ludwig AI, the phrase is correct and usable in written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
