costars 1 of 2

variants or co-stars
Definition of costarsnext
plural of costar

costars

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of costar

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of costars
Verb
The actress called out her Goodbye June costars Helen Mirren, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough, as well her Avatar costar Sigourney Weaver who have also rejected Hollywood's plastic surgery pressures. Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025 Ruffalo got to reunite with his former Marvel costars Downey and Paltrow, as well as his Dark Waters costar Victor Garber. Raven Brunner, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costars
Noun
  • The actresses, almost like a gender, in the Kennedy story, know, to some degree, what kind of public attention to expect.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Angela is the role that thrust Larter back into the spotlight at an age when many actresses are sunsetting their careers.
    Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The lowest-mass stars appear small, faint, red, and cool; the higher mass stars appear large, bright, blue, and hot.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Tokyo — In scenes normally reserved for J-pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest obsession.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There are high columns crawling with ivy, nearly 12 acres of rolling lawns, teensy windows with teensy shutters, and a diminutive pool house that apes a fairy-tale cottage.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Patagonia’s proprietary synthetic fill imitates down’s structure by spinning air-trapping microfilaments around a central fiber and requires fewer stabilizing seams and baffles than down.
    Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And, because life sometimes imitates art, Williams and Storrie are heading to the Olympics.
    Anna Zucca, Vanity Fair, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Alaska, Hawaiian are consistent performers The AQR also singled out Alaska Airlines as the steadiest performer in the industry.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The master distiller also emphasizes the importance of heat cycling, a process Brown-Forman implemented in 1874 that mimics the changing seasons during the colder months to ensure maturation doesn’t stop.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Lilly has also started new studies of brenipatide — an experimental drug that mimics the same hormones as Zepbound — in tobacco use disorder, bipolar disorder and asthma.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Costars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costars. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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