Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for star (in)
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Comments Midway through season 6 of Boy Meets World, Rider Strong recalls feeling tired of acting out dramatic storylines for his character Shawn Hunter.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
21 June 2025 -
Hoyer could be acting out of self-preservation at the deadline of what might be his final shot in Chicago.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2025
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Modern executives must similarly create robust succession planning, knowledge transfer systems, and institutional memory, not just to perform well during their tenure, but to set up the next generation for success.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Capaldi has been slowly testing the waters of a comeback, performing a run of warm-up shows in Scotland as a guest of Tom Walker’s charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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The chapter’s first section responds to a tendency in Harry Potter studies to interpret the series as if its version of magic portrays a profoundly different and salutary alternative to Muggle technology.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Scenes like this expose a widening gap between the one billion imaging studies clinicians will order annually and the shrinking radiology workforce available to interpret them.—
Yidi Xu,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The Liberty were overpowered by a refreshed Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever squad while playing shorthanded without Jonquel Jones.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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There was a time when everyone at a crypto event saw themselves as an outsider, and the VC industry viewed crypto venture capitalists as a different breed playing a different game.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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Politico’s take on the format offers longer conversations that don’t have to be broken up in the same way the predecessor shows are.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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The team even compiled a book of pictures taken on that trip, which could easily be published as a photographic essay on the secluded, off-track destinations scattered throughout Italy.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
17 June 2025
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Recent federal policy directives are strengthening our ability to act.—
Mark Michalek,
Denver Post,
28 June 2025
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Take advantage of savings on this popular sleeping pad that’ll add some coziness to your tent, as well as this two-in-one camping lantern that also acts as a fan.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2025
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Episode writer Zachary Reiter knows exactly how to ham up the calm before the storm, warming us up with sentimental moments (like a mother preparing her son for his first date) and frisky foreshadowing (of course there’s a couple getting it on in the bathroom).—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2024
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In honor of the Games’ host country this year, the star opted for a vintage, Parisian cabaret-style performance, hamming up her movements with every opportunity.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
26 July 2024
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Oh Ae-sun (played by K-pop superstar IU, who also portrays Ae-sun’s daughter Geum-myeong) is a poor but ambitious girl who grows up on South Korea’s Jeju Island in the 1950s and 1960s.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The feds’ case portrayed the mogul as a ruthless and micromanaging boss who, during the two decades before his September 2024 arrest, abused his larger-than-life status in the industry to control his employees and lovers alike through violence and intimidation.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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“Star (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/star%20%28in%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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