center stage

Example Sentences

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The in-between bits, not quite destined for center stage but no less useful for it.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Those twists put James right back where he’d spent the previous two decades: center stage, with the hopes of a franchise resting on his shoulders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

With the daytime staff in their 15th hour on duty, Abbott’s “night crawlers” take center stage in the emergency department.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Although struggles within the business segment have taken center stage in recent months, the company has even more on its plate.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

We broke apart and took turns taking center stage, each of us performing a different combination of moves; but our performances were fluid—they talked to each other.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi