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What is another word for turned the spotlight on?

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Verb
Past tense for to highlight or call attention to (something)
spotlighted
spotlit
highlighted
accentuated
foregrounded
underlined
underscored
accented
featured
emphasisedUK
emphasizedUS
publicisedUK
publicizedUS
stressed
illuminated
called attention to
drew attention to
drawn attention to
focused attention on
focused on
brought home
brought to the fore
drew attention
drawn attention
gave prominence
given prominence
pointed up
zeroed in on
gave prominence to
given prominence to
made conspicuous
put on center stage
played up
put the accent on
made clear
put emphasis on
laid emphasis on
repeated
dwelled on
prest
pressed
italicizedUS
belabouredUK
punctuated
brought out
spotted
rubbed in
italicisedUK
flagged up
headlined
laid stress on
placed emphasis on
belaboredUS
harped on
focused
focussed
demonstrated
insisted on
pressed home
made emphatic
made a point of
impressed on
put stress on
set off
impressed
marked
heightened
brought attention to
put accent on
indicated
intensified
limelighted
limelit
pointed out
exaggerated
weighted
betoned
asserted
affirmed
articulated
hit on
enunciated
dramatizedUS
pronounced
pinpointed
reiterated
flagged
hit home
dramatisedUK
maintained
enlarged
showed up
labored the point
made a point
made much of
laboredUS
labouredUK
put the force on
attached too much importance to
made a production out of
placed too much emphasis on
made a federal case of
made too much of something
attached too much weight to
elaborated
overplayed
strained
overemphasisedUK
harped on about
overemphasizedUS
overstressed
made a feature of
expounded on
expanded
laid too much emphasis on
gave emphasis to
given emphasis to
driven home
drove home
insisted
prioritizedUS
deepened
strengthened
charged
prioritisedUK
rubbed it in
laid the stress on
placed the stress on
bore down
borne down
promoted
captioned
overdone
overdid
placed emphasis
called
made a production of
embellished
made someone realize
advertized
magnified
increased
gone on
made more prominent
went on about
made someone understand
advertised
gone on about
denoted
brought to light
made something clear to
turned spotlight on
made someone conscious of
made more noticeable
ruled
impressed upon someone
brought home to one
enhanced
blazed
picked out
pointed to
went on
made aware of
checked off
bracketed
gave an emphasis to
given an emphasis to
given priority to
gave priority to
gave emphasis
given emphasis
given the full works
gave the full works
gave weight to
given weight to
“The news article turned the spotlight on the city's financial problems.”
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