as in star
the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV

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Recent Examples of headliner Buckley’s recent momentum and Usman’s status as a former pound-for-pound king make the headliner compelling. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 The headliners of this year's Stagecoach Festival are Zach Bryan on April 25, Jelly Roll on April 26, and Luke Combs on April 27. Stagecoach 2025 lineup Festival organizers unveiled this year's musical lineup on social media in September 2024. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025 This year’s dinner did not feature a comedic headliner, as Amber Ruffin, who was originally scheduled to perform, was removed from the lineup following controversy over her comments about President Trump. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 26 Apr. 2025 The festival’s centerpiece headliner will be Deep Cover, a new action comedy from Tom Kingsley, that stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed as a group of amateur improv comedians who get sucked into the London criminal underworld. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headliner
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Noun
  • Pirates star Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double to put the team up 4-3 in the bottom of the inning when players from his team frantically tried to alert umpires and security the fan was on the warning track.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
  • Steel previously represented rap star Young Thug during his RICO trial.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • If the index stays above a set barrier—commonly 60-75% of its initial value—the investor gets their principal back, possibly with a coupon.
    Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That includes the mortgage principal and interest, private mortgage insurance, homeowners insurance, property taxes and other monthly expenses.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Headliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headliner. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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