as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
the reigning diva of daytime television
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Recent Examples of diva
The film is set in an Argentine prison, where a genderqueer inmate named Molina (Tonatiuh) conjures up memories of their favorite big-screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Bradley Cooper, probably inspired by the first American stops on fellow pop diva Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball tour, will have a Vegas residency of his own.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
In prison, Molina uses his imagination to retreat into the comfort of his favorite movie, starring fictitious silver screen diva Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez, to get through the horrors of Argentina’s repressive regime.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring the screen diva Ingrid Luna, played by Lopez.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Bradley Cooper, probably inspired by the first American stops on fellow pop diva Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball tour, will have a Vegas residency of his own.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
In prison, Molina uses his imagination to retreat into the comfort of his favorite movie, starring fictitious silver screen diva Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez, to get through the horrors of Argentina’s repressive regime.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring the screen diva Ingrid Luna, played by Lopez.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diva
Noun
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All of these prices reflect standard/queen sizes, however, the options in this guide come in king sizes too.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
22 Oct. 2025
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Like bees, wasps, and other ants, carpenter ants are social and live in a colony with a single queen and thousands of workers.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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In 2015, Girls actress Allison Williams traversed the New York City subway system dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991), looking uncannily similar to the princess.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the two start to fall for each other, things get complicated when Huntley discovers Victoria is a princess.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diva. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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