star (in)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for star (in)
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Most American metropolises perform well in the report’s measure of disposable income, particularly San Francisco (No. 3), Boston (No. 7), and Chicago (No. 8).
    Greg McKenna, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • The second season will conclude the story for Dream (played by Tom Sturridge), the show’s central character and part one will debut on July 3, with part two on July 24 with a special episode concluding things on July 31.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • Alex has given everything to the game and to the Golden Knights and has played through significant challenges in the pursuit of trying to win another Stanley Cup in Vegas.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Summitt’s fearless approach — taking on anyone, anywhere — kept Tennessee in the spotlight, with Parker as the undisputed headliner.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • Red-hot Canada will take on scrappy and confident Guatemala in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Presidents made a habit of acting unilaterally — that is, without congressional approval — in places from the Korean peninsula to Libya.
    Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • The company aimed to portray someone overcoming obstacles to achieve their dream.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 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 8 Jul. 2025.

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