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verb

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Recent Examples of costar
Noun
At the premiere, Sara donned a simple black skirt and top combo and statement jewelry, posing alongside Hiddleston and other costars, including Mark Hamill and Matthew Lillard. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 June 2025 After dodging several audience questions about an Office reboot during his opening monologue-turned-Q&A, Carell started getting peppered with resentful recriminations from his own former costars. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 29 May 2025 Jackman has been romantically linked to his former Music Man costar, Sutton Foster, 50, since January 2025, after the pair were snapped holding hands while stepping out for dinner in Santa Monica, Calif. Becca Longmire, People.com, 29 May 2025 The show comes with some other challenges, most notably holding in laughter, particularly in scenes with costars Pierce and Karimloo, Williams says. Emily Burns, Footwear News, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for costar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costar
Noun
  • Of particular pain to him is watching Moore, who died recently, and who never made it as an actress.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
  • And as actress Jessica Hecht, who later played Susan on the NBC sitcom, recently revealed to the good people at Parade, she was nearly cast in the primary role.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • Episode writer Zachary Reiter knows exactly how to ham up the calm before the storm, warming us up with sentimental moments (like a mother preparing her son for his first date) and frisky foreshadowing (of course there’s a couple getting it on in the bathroom).
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In honor of the Games’ host country this year, the star opted for a vintage, Parisian cabaret-style performance, hamming up her movements with every opportunity.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Elizabeth took off, Joel started drinking and this marked the beginning of a spiral for the star.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 6 June 2025
  • There is not normally an upside to losing a star player through injury for a lengthy period, but Kaoru Mitoma’s absence from the last 16 games of the 2023-24 season had a silver lining for Brighton & Hove Albion.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • Instead of trying to ape a classic 16-bit console on modern hardware, why not develop the game properly on the original console?
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • Banijay creative exec Lucas Green recently raised concerns that YouTubers aping traditional formats are bad for business but Hugill disagreed.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Others not in Flick’s plans for next season include former La Masia starlet Ansu Fati, young playmaker Pablo Torre, homegrown goalkeeper Inaki Pena and holding midfielder Oriol Romeu.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 June 2025
  • So many of the talented starlets who rose around the same time as Cyrus suffered an unravelling, undone by intense media scrutiny and impossible expectations.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The walk-ons do not count against the new limit of 15 scholarship players as set by the NCAA.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2025
  • In all likelihood, for most Power 4 programs, there will still be walk-on players filling spots on the team.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Life is not imitating art for The White Lotus stars Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 June 2025
  • One example is the achievement of Heinz ketchup in validating its market dominance by showing how art imitates life, and AI imitates humans.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Daniel Kaluuya is perhaps the only Black leading man who rivals Jordan’s mix of critical acclaim and box-office success.
    Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 2 June 2025
  • Hutchins was attending a rehearsal at New Mexico’s Bonanza Creek Ranch on Oct. 21, 2021, when she was fatally shot by a prop gun handled by leading man Alec Baldwin.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025

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“Costar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costar. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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