: of a superior degree of excellence
a four-star French restaurant

Examples of four-star in a Sentence

a home film library with nothing but four-star pictures
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Clary, a 5-foot-11 guard and former four-star recruit out of Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, VA), played two seasons at Penn State from 2022 to 2024. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 June 2025 Her expenses, which The Bee obtained through a public records request, also show the city’s top cop stayed in four-star hotels costing as much as $855 per night and often, for ground transport, used Uber Black, which provides luxury sedans and are at least twice as expensive as lower-cost options. Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2025 Pickett is the sixth offensive lineman in the Hurricanes’ 2026 class, joining five-star Jackson Cantwell, four-star Ben Congdon and three-stars Joel Ervin, JJ Sparks and Rhys Woodrow. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025 The installation was renamed after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, the Army's first Hispanic four-star general. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for four-star

Word History

Etymology

from the number of asterisks used to denote relative excellence in guidebooks

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of four-star was in 1921

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“Four-star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-star. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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