rising star
noun
: a person or thing that is growing quickly in popularity or importance in a particular field
a rising star in politics
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a politician who is a rising star in the Republican Party
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The series centered on the titular writer Betty Suarez, played by then-rising star America Ferrera, whose breakthrough role was Ana García in Real Women Have Curves, but was best known at the time for being part of the ensemble cast of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The series has featured rising stars such as Disco Lines, Leon Thomas, and Austin Millz, offering an inside look at their creative journeys.
—James Dinh, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
In the 1970s, as a rising star at the Royal Shakespeare Company, a young Helen Mirren was the subject of a documentary titled Doing Her Own Thing.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s how much buzz has built around this rising star of an island, and its little sister, Antiparos, in the last year alone.
—Nikki Ekstein, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The series has featured rising stars such as Disco Lines, Leon Thomas, and Austin Millz, offering an inside look at their creative journeys.
—James Dinh, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
In the 1970s, as a rising star at the Royal Shakespeare Company, a young Helen Mirren was the subject of a documentary titled Doing Her Own Thing.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s how much buzz has built around this rising star of an island, and its little sister, Antiparos, in the last year alone.
—Nikki Ekstein, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rising star
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“Rising star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rising%20star. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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