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Recent Examples of costar
Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, in London, Margot Robbie promotes Wuthering Heights while her costar Jacob Elordi attends an event for Frankenstein.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 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
What’s more, he is seen and heard crooning more than his costar in the film Kelly Rowland, who was one third of the legendary girl group Destiny’s Child, and has had a successful solo career since.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, in London, Margot Robbie promotes Wuthering Heights while her costar Jacob Elordi attends an event for Frankenstein.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 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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Dane shared teen daughters Billie and Georgia with actress Rebecca Gayheart.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Makeup-wise, the actress went with a subtle look consisting of bronzy shadow, rosy cheeks and a pink lip.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 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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With his performance, the native Puerto Rican singer became the first Super Bowl act to perform almost entirely in Spanish (except for a guest appearance from pop star Lady Gaga).—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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At night in Havana, the stars are often clearly visible as most of the city is swathed in near total darkness.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 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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Senior left-hander Braylen Timmins closed the game, but sandwiched between them was Alex Yearwood, a redshirt freshman and a former walk-on.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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There was no walk-on limit in Division II – there were 75 of us.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Brameshuber picked and cast people and put them in a car with Sommer in a studio to imitate the experience of long rides and allow for free-flowing conversations to develop, sometimes giving Sommer pointers, via an earpiece, about questions and topics to pursue.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Patagonia’s proprietary synthetic fill imitates down’s structure by spinning air-trapping microfilaments around a central fiber and requires fewer stabilizing seams and baffles than down.—
Kelly Bastone,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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His Rise to Fame Jones’ journey to leading man status has been anything but conventional.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Costar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costar. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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