Definition of stardom
: the status or position of a star
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Examples of stardom in a Sentence
an actress who has achieved movie stardom
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On the other hand, Miguel Sano has reached stardom, Jose Berrios and Max Kepler are on the rise, and Brandon Kintzler made the All-Star team from a bullpen whose most notable member is catcher/mop-up man Chris Gimenez.
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Rock stardom — any tenure as a band, really — was not the plan.
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But mononucleosis sidelined him a month, delaying his breakout to stardom until his senior season.
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Lewis, scheduled to play at 9:45 p.m. tonight at the BMO Harris Pavilion, also vividly recalled that concert, one of many that year and the next as his band rode a wave of stardom as their videos seemed to play on MTV almost constantly.
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A TV show, record deal and national tour don't always add up to stardom.
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Athletes pass through nearly every college in Louisiana, and some went straight to stardom.
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Lockwood is doing just that and riding his way into rodeo stardom, one eight-second thrill at a time.
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My rise to stardom in Egypt by any measure was not logical.
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First Known Use of stardom
1865
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: the state of being a very famous performer
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