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Recent Examples of leading lady
Now, fans have begun to speculate that Armas is his latest leading lady, as photographers have caught the pair globe-trotting in recent times.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The biggest sub takeaway is the number of snubs for major Hollywood leading ladies.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Brooklyn’s two leading ladies Kawamoto and Rohrabacher both went 7-1 for the weekend to power their team to an undefeated weekend as well.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The film also features leading lady Ruth, played by Serayah, as well as Phylicia Rashad, who plays Naomi.
—Essence Editors, Essence, 6 July 2025
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The biggest sub takeaway is the number of snubs for major Hollywood leading ladies.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Brooklyn’s two leading ladies Kawamoto and Rohrabacher both went 7-1 for the weekend to power their team to an undefeated weekend as well.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The film also features leading lady Ruth, played by Serayah, as well as Phylicia Rashad, who plays Naomi.
—Essence Editors, Essence, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading lady
leading man
Noun
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In most other companies, he would have never been cast as a leading man.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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An American Pickle, his last vehicle as a leading man, wound up on HBO Max, though that was one of many films pushed to streaming during early Covid.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Leading lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20lady. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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