starlet

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Recent Examples of starlet The perfect hair, arching eyebrows, and high cheekbones of Hollywood starlets often hid the truth of their ancestry. Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025 This new accessory found mainstream appeal in the 1920s, coinciding nicely with the rise of the film industry, whose stars and starlets soon made the protective eyewear a bonafide fashion trend. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 2 June 2025 And the Island team, which likes to get the ball down and play, is a good place for starlets to develop. Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 Once a fresh-faced and talented artist known for her 2006 hits Me & U and Long Way 2 Go, the starlet soon vanished from the charts, barely appearing in public by the 2010s. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for starlet
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Noun
  • Studio reps launched an official investigation, speaking to the actress in question and others involved in Cobra Kai’s Season 6 production.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 June 2025
  • The Australian actress has been nominated for eight Academy Awards and won twice (for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine), and has also been nominated for two Emmys (Mrs. America) and has won four Golden Globes from 13 nominations.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The connection between the two actors as performers happened straight away.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • Many replies suggested Henry Cavill, the Superman actor.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Two of the leads hated each other — the British stage actor thought the scruffy newcomer was a snot-nosed punk, and his younger co-star felt the veteran thespian was a drunk with a superiority complex.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
  • Upcoming installments will include such lauded thespians as Kathy Bates and Jonathan Pryce.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 June 2025

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“Starlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlet. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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