stars

plural of star
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as in principals
the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show when the star of the school play came down with the flu on opening night, her understudy got to go on

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Recent Examples of stars Take a look at all the stars out and about this week. Okla Jones, Essence, 15 Sep. 2025 This week's quiz highlights burger bites, sporty stars — and a lot more. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Space, of course, is no new frontier for Mario, as the character is tasked with navigating a multitude of planets, stars, and spaceships in 2007's Super Mario Galaxy and 2010's Super Mario Galaxy 2. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Photos of the stars arriving at the 2025 Emmys can be seen below. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 In the film — her first since portraying opera diva Maria Callas in last year’s Maria — the Oscar winner, 50, stars as Maxine, an American film director hired to make a video for a Paris fashion event amid being diagnosed with breast cancer and navigating a divorce. Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 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. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025 While the artwork paints a nostalgic portrait of the era, the true stars of the show are the machines that roared through history and put countless manufacturers, drivers, and race teams on the map. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024 Ju Ji-Hoon stars as Jung Won-Young, the enigmatic owner of the titular light shop, located at the end of a foreboding dark alley. Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stars
Noun
  • The winners of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award have been revealed, showcasing a spectacular selection of night sky images that reveal the majesty of ancient galaxies, nebulas, stellar cities and of course, Earth's moon.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Dust is ubiquitous in the modern Universe, appearing in nearly all galaxies.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Brownstone principals Banks, Max Handelman and Alison Small will produce.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • After a two-week nomination period due to the Labor Day holiday, The Tennessean received five responses from guidance counselors, coaches, teachers and principals.
    Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Last night saw a host of celebrities turn out for the fourth annual Kering Foundation Caring for Women dinner in New York City, putting on their most glamorous gowns.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Where other presentations emphasize nondescript techno music and straight-size models, Antonoff and Alexsandra showcased their designs through a who's who of celebrities, sporting their new looks while carrying shelter dogs available for adoption.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With masses equivalent to millions or even billions of suns, supermassive black holes are too massive to have been born from dying stars; instead, it is theorized that they are created when smaller black holes collide and merge, and a chain of progressively larger and larger mergers.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The central young star, or protostar, weighing as much as 10 of our suns, is located 15,000 light-years away in the outer reaches of our galaxy.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More than 170 bands, including headliners Slayer, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon and Sleep Token, are scheduled to play across seven stages at the four-day festival.
    Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lyles and Thompson were the headliners Sunday.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are plenty of opportunities for method dressing or showing off their personalities.
    Glamour, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2025
  • While most of us seek connection, high-conflict personalities often approach relationships as opportunities to win or control others.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hosted by drag superstars Dusty Ray Bottoms and May O’Nays, this cabaret-meets-musical-theatre spectacular brings together local legends, touring talent, and rising youth performers for an unforgettable staging of sequins, show tunes, and slaying.
    Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Named after creator, host and judge RuPaul, the iconic show has catapulted the careers of countless drag superstars, including Trixie Mattel, Katya and Bob the Drag Queen.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • ABC's move is latest high-profile example of media figures facing repercussions for comments about Kirk's killing.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Facts and figures The Red Sox are 82-69.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025

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