as in star
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
a basketball superstar
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Recent Examples of superstar
The last was Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Mario Lemieux after the 1987-88 season.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Their offense was inconsistent throughout the regular season, though superstar Anthony Edwards is known for finding another gear come playoff time.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
All of it culminated into one hell of a historic set, making the Colombian superstar the first Latina to headline the music festival, a major milestone in a career full of them.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
Milwaukee won four of its first five games but struggled the rest of the way while playing much of the season without its superstar.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Their offense was inconsistent throughout the regular season, though superstar Anthony Edwards is known for finding another gear come playoff time.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
All of it culminated into one hell of a historic set, making the Colombian superstar the first Latina to headline the music festival, a major milestone in a career full of them.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
Milwaukee won four of its first five games but struggled the rest of the way while playing much of the season without its superstar.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superstar
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But Cukor, who hit his thirty-year up-or-out deadline without getting a star, had long since been removed to lucrative work in the private sector.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Sox fans are still waiting on Munetaka Murakami, the Japanese star whose slugging was going to make the fireworks budget increase exponentially, to start hitting with some regularity.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Rewind is completely different from the Rock Slide and Willys 392 -- each one of them has its own unique personality.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Lane was gifted with that kind of face and personality, too, replete with diagonal eyebrows that join his cheekbones in a quizzical demeanor that, throughout his career, has signaled the joys of life.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Superstar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superstar. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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