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stars (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of star (in)
as in interprets

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stars (in)
  1. interprets
  2. performs
  3. acts out
  4. portrays
  5. plays
  6. impersonates
  7. acts
  8. imitates
Verb
  • Weighing generates data, packaging uses it to optimize processes and quality, while AI interprets it to predict issues, reduce waste and improve efficiency.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The agent continuously interprets intent, adapts outreach, and advances conversations until human involvement creates the most value.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of interprets
Verb
  • Metallica performs on an in-the-round-style stage, set up at the center of the venue.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Shortly after, Sheeran lost part of his backing band, which performs with him for a number of songs each night.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • The next time your child acts out, try doing these five things.
    — Juli Fraga, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Fleming acts out each detail with gusto, and this full sensory barrage earns him his loudest round of applause yet.
    — John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of acts out
Verb
  • The visual element of her storytelling evocatively portrays America’s vast desertscapes and cityscapes, while bringing the journey to palpable life for teenage readers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Bell stars as heretic priest John Ball, while Garfield portrays a character called Ploughman, a grieving farmer who unintentionally finds himself in a leadership position.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of portrays
Verb
  • This time, Miles Teller plays the father, an out-of-work engineer who is convinced by his ex-cop brother (Adam Driver) to go into business with a group of Russian importers working out of Gowanus.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Then, two plays later Baugh burst through the line and outran everybody for a 33-yard TD and 27-17 lead.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of plays
Verb
  • When his detective twin brother, James, disappears, Ludwig impersonates him to help his sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), solve the mystery.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs have uncovered CrashStealer, a new Mac information stealer that impersonates Apple's crash-reporting software.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of impersonates
Verb
  • Sandwiched between them, a soft PDMS layer acts as a viscoelastic nano-spring, balancing adhesion forces so the electrodes can move reversibly without permanently sticking.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And despite this finding, which has coexisted for decades, Congress rarely acts, something usually blamed on lobbying outspending a diffuse majority.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of acts
Verb
  • Over the weekend, movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment accused Robinhood of creating an unauthorized market that imitates trading in AMC shares through its overseas platform without the company’s approval.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Sometimes life imitates art, but other times, art imitates life.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of imitates
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“Stars (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stars%20%28in%29. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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