leading man

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as in leading lady

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Recent Examples of leading man New Netflix exclusive The Debt Collector stars popular leading man Nadech Kugimiya as Num, a former hired thug who gets out of prison with just weeks to live. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026 Herro and Adebayo came together in the wake of social-media posts from Herro questioning Adebayo’s stature as a Heat leading man, in light of what Herro questioned in those posts as Adebayo’s offensive deficiencies. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026 Two features opposite Meryl Streep further raised his profile as a leading man. — Chris Morris, Variety, 13 July 2026 Based on a short story by Dave Eggers that was turned into a script by Heller, the film is a love letter to baseball and offers a plum part to an up-and-coming leading man. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for leading man
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leading lady
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  • There comes a point in Elle, Amazon’s Legally Blonde prequel series that essentially has the plot of Frasier, when everything unlocks for our leading lady’s father.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Off Campus’ leading lady Hannah Wells asks her hockey playing beau Garrett Graham in the second episode of the soap romance drama.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20man. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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