Spotlight and Torch

Spotlight

Spotlight noun - The center of public attention.

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Torch and spotlight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torch" instead a noun "Spotlight".

Nearby Words: spotlit, spotlighted, spotlighting

Torch noun - A person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property.

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Spotlight and torch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Spotlight" instead a noun "Torch".

Nearby Words: torched, torching

rare	rare spotlight	rare torch
special	special spotlight	special torch
single	single spotlight	single torch
bright	bright spotlight	bright torch
Other adjectives: powerful, large, blue, little, less, international, proverbial, giant, electric.

Dance pop spent most of the Oughts out of the spotlight with an increasingly troubled Britney Spears carrying its torch, until around 2008-09, when Lady Gaga and Kesha (and a post-Career Resurrection Britney) revived the genre and put it back on the charts.

Source: Useful Notes / The Oughts

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