costarring

verb

variants or co-starring
present participle of costar
as in coacting

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  1. imitating
  2. mimicking
  3. aping
Verb
  • One year later, Clooney, 65, is back at the Venice Film Festival for a spin in the spotlight on the opening night for a bit of life imitating art.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Slop is formulaic and impersonal, the aggregate of everything that is already imitating everything else.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of imitating
Verb
  • Although Craven’s touch is missing, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett honor his memory by mimicking his style while engraving their own slick mark.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The 600-soldier 173rd Airborne Brigade, built to deploy wherever drones were needed, had been mimicking Ukrainian tactics and rapidly building its own systems to counter Russia and Iran-style threats.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of mimicking
Verb
  • Critics and fanboy media thrashed Supergirl not just for its Guardians of the Galaxy touchstones, but also for aping Mad Max.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • For Shorts, the label will appear as a small overlay at the bottom of the video itself, although that will add to the already cluttered look of the TikTok-aping Shorts.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Definition of aping
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“Costarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costarring. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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