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Recent Examples of costar
Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The actress, who died Jan. 30 from a pulmonary embolism at 71, received a posthumous Actor Award, for Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for her role in the Apple TV show, accepted by costar and series creator Seth Rogen.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 2 Mar. 2026
Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
The pair are set to costar in an adaptation of the best-selling novel The Nightengale by Kristin Hannah.
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Fellow costar Lisa Rinna helped Rausch secure the specific bag Higgins wanted.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The actress, who died Jan. 30 from a pulmonary embolism at 71, received a posthumous Actor Award, for Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for her role in the Apple TV show, accepted by costar and series creator Seth Rogen.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
The lyrics kick in as Simon's best friend and Wonder Man costar Trevor (Sir Ben Kingsley) arrives on set, shocked to see the damage that could have only been wrought by Simon's powers.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
The pair are set to costar in an adaptation of the best-selling novel The Nightengale by Kristin Hannah.
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for costar
Noun
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Duff played with her own public perception in the role of Olivia Burke, a famous actress who quickly takes a shine to Penn Badgley's Dan Humphrey.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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The fashion designer, model, actress and New York Times best-selling author Fox recently signed with UTA.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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LaKeith Stanfield is an easy standout as Parker’s best friend Grofield, a passionate actor who moonlights as a criminal to fund his dead-end theater company — some of the movie’s heartiest chuckles come from the joy Grofield takes in getting to ham things up as part of the heist.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 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
Noun
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Once inside, the Euphoria star was photographed with a slim gold band on her wedding finger.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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If that role is on the bench, be a star there.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Hopefully, that will honor the original film by not trying to ape it.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
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But none aped the style of an actual Super Bowl ad more cleverly than this one, clearly modeled after Budweiser’s ads that tend to feature horses and inspirational voiceovers.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, Hannah was a rising starlet, breaking through as the violent and acrobatic Pris in Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction classic, Blade Runner.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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Fresh off a romantic vacation in Mallorca, the Friends starlet was seen in Los Angeles sporting a basic grey tank top tucked into a pair of light-wash, wide-leg jeans—a late ‘90s look that Rachel Green definitely would have worn herself.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Hebron native and former UConn men’s basketball walk-on, and his partner Laura Dwyer, came up just short of a medal on Wednesday, losing in extra ends, 11-10, to Latvia in the bronze medal game.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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Emt had been an all-star high school athlete, an Army West Point cadet and a UConn basketball walk-on before a drunk driving incident paralyzed him from the waist down at 25 years old.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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It was endlessly parodied and imitated.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The aforementioned uprising, for example, occurs during a dance sequence that inspires an army of young women to imitate Ida, down to her peculiar face tattoos.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Aramayo beat out Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Ethan Hawke to take home the leading man statue for his performance.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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For Viola Davis, Robert Duvall was a leading man in every sense of the word.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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