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as in galaxies
a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light
it's difficult to see the stars at night in the middle of the city because of all the streetlights
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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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as in celebrities
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
the public's endless fascination with stars
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Recent Examples of stars
Farther up, on Observatory Hill, tall cryptomeria trees were silhouetted in the darkening evening, and down in the valleys, lights winked on like reflections of the planets and stars appearing in the sky.
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Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
For context, the brightest stars are around Mag +1, while a full moon is -13 and the sun is -27.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Flemyng stars as Steven Wyles, who is causing the team of Explosives Officer, or Expo, Lana Washington, portrayed by McClure, all sorts of headaches with his sinister vendetta.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2025
Why didn’t the club make a stronger push for Shohei Ohtani or some of the game’s other top stars in recent years?
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Charles Woodson appeared on part of Fox's NFL pregame shows, alongside his co-stars Charissa Thompson and Julian Edelman.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Elordi was among the stable of young stars who shot to fame when Euphoria premiered on HBO in 2019.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Saturday’s teamsheet saw the stars align on the predicament United’s hierarchy wanted to avoid this summer.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Last night, the 2025 Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles saw the stars step out in their best runway, custom, and archival looks—with big, bouncy hair and gilded glam to match.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
For context, the brightest stars are around Mag +1, while a full moon is -13 and the sun is -27.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Flemyng stars as Steven Wyles, who is causing the team of Explosives Officer, or Expo, Lana Washington, portrayed by McClure, all sorts of headaches with his sinister vendetta.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2025
Why didn’t the club make a stronger push for Shohei Ohtani or some of the game’s other top stars in recent years?
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Charles Woodson appeared on part of Fox's NFL pregame shows, alongside his co-stars Charissa Thompson and Julian Edelman.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Elordi was among the stable of young stars who shot to fame when Euphoria premiered on HBO in 2019.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Saturday’s teamsheet saw the stars align on the predicament United’s hierarchy wanted to avoid this summer.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Last night, the 2025 Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles saw the stars step out in their best runway, custom, and archival looks—with big, bouncy hair and gilded glam to match.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stars
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The universe is overwhelmingly made of matter, which is responsible for visible structures ranging from atoms to galaxies, and quarks to quasars.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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This behavior will lead to a spectrum of temperature imperfections in the Big Bang’s leftover glow, and eventually will form the seeds of structure that grow into stars, galaxies, and the cosmic web.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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Wilson was a constant presence at public forums and knew many principals and administrators on a first-name basis.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Former school principals scrubbed toilets; physicists became cashiers.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX and Blue Origin are drawing celebrities like Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, and Kim Kardashian into a new era of luxury space tourism.—
Rosanna Philpott,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Rod Wave Elite is a popular high school basketball squad that bounces around the country playing exhibition games to crowds of rabid teens and internet celebrities.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
23 Oct. 2025
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The images could help scientists further develop theories of how matter behaves in the extreme environments around supermassive black holes, which have masses of millions or even billions of suns and are found at the hearts of all large galaxies.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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This new black hole, which is as heavy as 50 million suns and is dubbed QSO1, clashes with the old, provisional account of the galaxy formation process, which did not start with black holes.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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The reggaetón star transported fans to salsa's golden age on his Cosa Nuestra tour — a high-concept smash that cemented his status as one of the most exciting new arena headliners.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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Additional headliners and artists will be revealed in the coming months.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Jerry realized that their contrasting features, backgrounds and personalities made fertile ground for comedy, and Stiller & Meara was born.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Being isolated in the mountains, with a constant sense of danger and threat – coming either from across the border or from one’s own country – shapes the characters’ personalities.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Dodgers are loaded with superstars, and the Yankees could try to build a team full of stars as well.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Below, see which superstars are big fans of both teams.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Viewership for the postseason thus far has reached levels unseen since 2017, according to figures released by MLB on Wednesday.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The site has housed many historical figures over the years, from Queen Margaret to Mary, Queen of Scots.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Stars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stars. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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