rising star

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Recent Examples of rising star Ferreira will pick up her rising star trophy following work in HBO’s buzzy Euphoria, The Afterparty, Unpregnant, Nope, Bob Trevino Likes It and House of Spoils. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025 As for Frizzell, the rising star in the directing ranks got her big break came making her directorial feature debut on Never Goin’ Back, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released later that year by A24. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 June 2025 With Durant leading the way, veteran guard Fred VanVleet expected to return and rising stars Alperen Şengün and Amen Thompson on board, the Rockets decided their time is now. Kelly Iko, New York Times, 22 June 2025 That rookie has cemented himself as a rising star, slated to hit cleanup for Friday night’s matchup with the Cleveland Guardians. Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rising star
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comer
Noun
  • In terms of the absolute number of viewers that were added between a sixth and seventh broadcast, the 2016 Cavaliers-Warriors classic beat all comers with a net gain of 10.3 million viewers.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 June 2025
  • This effort to distribute AI’s compute and ownership to all comers through swarm training enables a future reality where AI isn’t something reserved for elite power brokers while inferential dregs are grudgingly dripped to the masses.
    Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

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“Rising star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rising%20star. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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