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Recent Examples of leading man
And then to have that come from a leading man type.
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H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
To one generation, Ben Stiller is the leading man in all those Meet the Parents movies and the director and executive producer of Severance.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
The singer and star of One Battle After Another recently appeared on Sherri to discuss her leading man and leading role.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio, 50, subverts his Hollywood leading man image by wearing a ratty red robe, unkempt hair and oversized sunglasses as former revolutionary and current stoner Bob Ferguson, who is forced back into action to save himself and his daughter (Chase Infiniti) from paramilitary enforcers.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
To one generation, Ben Stiller is the leading man in all those Meet the Parents movies and the director and executive producer of Severance.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
The singer and star of One Battle After Another recently appeared on Sherri to discuss her leading man and leading role.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio, 50, subverts his Hollywood leading man image by wearing a ratty red robe, unkempt hair and oversized sunglasses as former revolutionary and current stoner Bob Ferguson, who is forced back into action to save himself and his daughter (Chase Infiniti) from paramilitary enforcers.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading man
leading lady
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When Sony Classics dropped A Little Prayer, MacLachlan worried first about his leading lady’s work going unnoticed.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Alan’s leading lady shared a selfie from their appearance at one of the strikes and captioned the post with a handshake emoji.—
Sabrina Picou,
PEOPLE,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20man. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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