Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for star (in)
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So maybe, on some level, Jeff was acting out his cavalier attitude toward his own masculine spirit.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025 -
But by high school, Daniel began getting into trouble and acting out at home and in school, his father told the Miami Herald in the months after the stabbings.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Academy may well have made significant progress in reforming itself to be more inclusive; several presenters took care to note the 13,000 voting members who chose the winners (and The Weeknd broke his years-long boycott of the Grammys to perform this time).—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Salas-Lozano was indicted in April 2023 in connection with the July 2, 2021 encounter at the hospital, where he and the victim, a woman, were contracted to perform janitorial services.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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The full text of the Title IX law is just 37 words long, but the federal government has added rules over the years explaining how it’s interpreted.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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The process, called subjective refraction, involves the patient comparing lens options while their eye's focusing system and brain interpret the clarity of each one.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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One of the greatest of all time to play the position, one of the greatest players of all time.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
The Athletic,
28 Jan. 2025
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And on Monday, Nov. 4 as the Chiefs played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Kansas City, Donna, as well as Taylor and Andrea were on their feet from the first seconds of the game, cheering as the Chiefs continued their domination.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Though his first set of films were tight snapshots often running under an hour and a half, as his skills developed, his work began to take on a more epic, portrait-like quality.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2025
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Unless governments take on the financial burden of serious mitigation efforts, the price of California's fire risk will remain unequal and left to the homeowners, Collier of UC Berkeley said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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What's unsettling is how quickly Trump acted on his much-talked-about tariffs after Inauguration Day Jan. 20.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Teo Yoo, who played Jang Kyun, was such a lovely addition this season to act off of Noah.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
Verb
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James Norton has been tapped to portray Ormund Hightower in Season 3 of HBO‘s House of the Dragon, Deadline has learned.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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The series has been getting some racist backlash for portraying Norman Osborn as Black, with Oscar nominee Colman Domingo voicing the character.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Jan. 2025
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