headliner
noun
head·lin·er
ˈhed-ˌlī-nər 
1
: the principal performer in a show : star
broadly
: personality sense 4b
2
: fabric covering the inside of the roof of an automobile
Examples of headliner in a Sentence
He was the headliner at a local night club.
a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV
Recent Examples on the Web
Post Malone has racked up almost 18 billion total views on his YouTube channel and will also be a headliner this spring at Coachella, which YouTube has carried live.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The nature of the emergency wasn’t entirely clear, but video verified by NBC News shows the passenger cabin of the Boeing 787-8 in disarray after the incident, meal trays and food strewn about the floor and some of the aircraft’s headliner separated from the cabin’s ceiling.
—Jay Blackman, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
Kendrick Lamar was announced as the halftime headliner for Feb. 9's game back in September.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Saturday’s Big 12 headliner should be a physical, tense and narrow affair.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
The nature of the emergency wasn’t entirely clear, but video verified by NBC News shows the passenger cabin of the Boeing 787-8 in disarray after the incident, meal trays and food strewn about the floor and some of the aircraft’s headliner separated from the cabin’s ceiling.
—Jay Blackman, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
Kendrick Lamar was announced as the halftime headliner for Feb. 9's game back in September.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Saturday’s Big 12 headliner should be a physical, tense and narrow affair.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Headliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headliner. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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