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Recent Examples of costars
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
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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
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In March, the Oscars celebrated the Reiners’ legacy with a moving tribute, which featured appearances by many actors and actresses who’d worked with Rob.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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The men in the cast – Ben Jacoby and Brent Thiessen – are suitably smarmy in their stick-thin roles, with the supporting adult actresses – Sarah Bockel and Lael Van Keuren – playing the mothers with caricature zeal.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Her songs in the film — written by Charli xcx, Jack Antonoff, and FKA twigs, who also co-stars — also have real pop bona fides.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hitting theaters Friday, director Antoine Fuqua‘s biopic stars Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the pop music superstar, with Colman Domingo playing his father, Joe Jackson, and Nia Long as mother Katherine.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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Aristotle said that art imitates nature (ars imitatur naturam), and for centuries, many artists sought to imitate their subjects as realistically as possible.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Whether or not life imitates art remains to be seen.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Investigators said the dry pasta mimics the sound of Legos when they're shaken.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Costars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costars. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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