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costar

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verb

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Recent Examples of costar
Noun
Liman allowed three of the 13 legal claims — including breach of contract, retaliation, and aiding and abetting in retaliation — Lively brought against her director and costar Baldoni to proceed to trial. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 During the ceremony, Kidman and Moulin Rouge costar Ewan McGregor presented the award for Best Picture. Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
Nina Dobrev and then-boyfriend, The Vampire Diaries costar Ian Somerhalder, were spotted out and about at the Empire Polo Club in 2012. Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 Then, Cat Witch, whose identity has been known to viewers as Descendants costar Kylie Cantrall, finally revealed herself to the panel as well. Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for costar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costar
Noun
  • Filming is continuing, with the schedule adjusted to focus on the rest of the cast and accomodate the time needed for White to do rewrites and for HBO to get a new actress on board.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The sprawling Fifth Avenue co-op that actress Candice Bergen once shared with her late husband Marshall Rose has been listed for sale at $35 million.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Ben Stiller, Matt Damon and Emma Stone hammed it up in Super Bowl commercials costing $10 million for 30 seconds.
    Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Jason also hammed it up on Wednesday as golfer Akshay Bhatia's caddie for the annual Par 3 Contest, a warm-up ahead of the main tournament that often features the golfers' families serving as caddies and taking shots.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Thanks to its high altitude and exceptionally dark skies, this location offers stunning views of the Milky Way and countless stars.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • What the stars have to do with love is a tricky question.
    New York Times, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There’s a word for this type of storytelling, and Taccone deserves credit for delivering a superior version of this without outright aping its most famous practitioner.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But the series’ genre switch is just a theatrical exercise, like Euphoria is putting on another play, this one against a Harmony Korine– and Quentin Tarantino–aping backdrop.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The proposal was so last-minute, DiMaggio didn’t give the starlet a ring until the ceremony itself.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
  • And across the pond, starlet Rio Ngumoha became Liverpool’s youngest-ever scorer at Anfield.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His leadership skills would be a direct fit in the Broncos’ locker room, as a former walk-on who grew into a star at Texas.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Savarino, who was 20 at the time of the incident, was a walk-on for his grandfather’s team and played in 13 games.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Then comes that particular way of speaking so well imitated by comedians Armando Roblan and Eddy Calderón during long seasons in Calle Ocho theaters and on Miami radio.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Both of us remember childhood weekends spent recording our own camcorder sketch shows — Lee imitating Dana Carvey’s Ross Perot and Molly Shannon’s Mary Catherine Gallagher, Jenn pushing the boundaries of absurdism far past the point of actually getting laughs.
    Lee Kelly, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Max Clayton also makes a strong impression as Danny Bailey, a swaggering leading man modeled after Carousel’s Billy Bigelow and portrayed on the series by Aaron Tveit.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The consummate supporting player when playing at his best, Andrew Wiggins this offseason — at least at the start of it — arguably stands as a Miami Heat leading man.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026

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“Costar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costar. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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