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Recent Examples of leading lady
His main job was smoldering as the leading lady pined for him.
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Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
The producer, who also manages Chris Brown, recently bought his leading lady a Maybach, and the generous gift brought the singer to tears.
—Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
During that time, he was successfully paired with one leading lady (Demi Moore as Jackie Templeton) after another (Emma Samms as Holly Sutton) after another (Finola Hughes as Anna Devane).
—Team Tvline, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
Neeson himself raved about his leading lady in an Entertainment Weekly cover story published last month.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
The producer, who also manages Chris Brown, recently bought his leading lady a Maybach, and the generous gift brought the singer to tears.
—Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
During that time, he was successfully paired with one leading lady (Demi Moore as Jackie Templeton) after another (Emma Samms as Holly Sutton) after another (Finola Hughes as Anna Devane).
—Team Tvline, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
Neeson himself raved about his leading lady in an Entertainment Weekly cover story published last month.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading lady
leading man
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Thankfully the fifth season of Slow Horses is locked and loaded for a late September release, but Pride and Prejudice will have to make due without its leading man for a minute.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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Douglas Fairbanks was the original Hollywood action hero, a fit, handsome, daring leading man who did all his own stunts, leaping over furniture in The Mark of Zorro and jumping down the mainsail in The Black Pirate, and was, at the time, among the most famous people in the world.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Leading lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20lady. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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