as in leading man
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Recent Examples of star turn
Photo Gallery & Obituaries Gavin Creel Dies: Broadway Star Of ‘Hello, Dolly!’, ‘Waitress’, ‘Into The Woods’ Was 48
A more noticeable star turn came in the 1976 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls, with Page all but stealing the show as Nicely-Nicely.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Advertisement His star turn started in the first quarter, as Lemon caught a kickoff at the goal line, cut up field and blew the game open.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Magazine story about Feldstein’s star turn in Booksmart, Hill called her his hero.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Since being named one of the winners of The Met’s prestigious Laffont Competition in 2016, during her final year of college, she’s been doing the rounds of the opera capitals, recording two albums of her favorite cover songs, and preparing for her star turn in Grounded.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Advertisement His star turn started in the first quarter, as Lemon caught a kickoff at the goal line, cut up field and blew the game open.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Magazine story about Feldstein’s star turn in Booksmart, Hill called her his hero.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Since being named one of the winners of The Met’s prestigious Laffont Competition in 2016, during her final year of college, she’s been doing the rounds of the opera capitals, recording two albums of her favorite cover songs, and preparing for her star turn in Grounded.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for star turn
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Farley launched his career as a big-screen comedic leading man with films like 1995's Tommy Boy and 1997's Beverly Hills Ninja, and the role of Shrek was specifically written for him.EW.com, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Finnair calls itself the Official Airline of Santa Claus, and recently brought the leading man himself to London Heathrow Airport to start the countdown to Christmas.Michele Robson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Yesterday, the cast—regrettably sans Timothée Chalamet—gathered in London for a screening of the Bob Dylan biopic, where Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro delivered very different takes on their leading lady style.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
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Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, both of whom played the roles of Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, on Broadway, showed up in support of the film and took pictures with the movie's two leading ladies.Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
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An assistant principal has been accused of molesting eight children at an elementary school in California.Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Schools often serve as microcosms of leadership challenges, where principals frequently operate with near-absolute authority.Maria Alonso, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Ideally, the big rush of this set piece would be seeing the handsome young star of this blockbuster sink his teeth into a crazed simian.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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Gelsinger, whose removal as CEO was announced on Monday, was tasked to restore Intel's lead in chipmaking, but his costly bet on contract manufacturing has seen the company shrink to a market value more than 30 times smaller than Nvidia.Arsheeya Bajwa, Reuters, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sky has greenlit a new five-part series titled Inheritance from writer-actor Karla Crome and BAFTA-nominee Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been cast as one of the leads.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Star turn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/star%20turn. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.
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