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Recent Examples of songstress
The 57-year-old songstress has officially listed her iconic New York City penthouse for $27 million.
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Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
The video features archival film clips of the latter starlet — also known for high-profile legal battles, media scrutiny aimed at her love life and larger-than-life fame — rather than the songstress herself, who does not appear in the video.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Everyone from Summer House cast members Lindsay Hubbard and KJ Dillard, to indie songstress Remi Wolf, to actor and Bravo stan Jon Hamm have expressed their shock and disgust.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
As of Tuesday, 31 years have passed since the sudden and tragic death of Tejana songstress and Grammy Award-winning artist, Selena Quintanilla.
—Rhyma Castillo, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2026
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Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
The video features archival film clips of the latter starlet — also known for high-profile legal battles, media scrutiny aimed at her love life and larger-than-life fame — rather than the songstress herself, who does not appear in the video.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Everyone from Summer House cast members Lindsay Hubbard and KJ Dillard, to indie songstress Remi Wolf, to actor and Bravo stan Jon Hamm have expressed their shock and disgust.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
As of Tuesday, 31 years have passed since the sudden and tragic death of Tejana songstress and Grammy Award-winning artist, Selena Quintanilla.
—Rhyma Castillo, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for songstress
Noun
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That first night, Andrej’s roommates were a man in a coma and an elderly French woman in a diaper and boots (no pants), who marched around her bed singing like a chanteuse.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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All four female soloists on the ballot, in fact, didn’t make it past the voting stage, which included three-time nominee and noted elusive chanteuse Mariah Carey.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the international biennial is not doomed to fade away like the art of the medieval troubadour or the magic-lantern show.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Songstress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songstress. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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