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
Less than seven hours after Taylor Swift announced the title of her 12th album, Travis Kelce is gracing the cover of GQ magazine with a cover story diving into football, his next career move and life dating a superstar.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Aaron Judge and the aforementioned Cole are only getting older, which means the Yankees' World Series window is closing as quickly as these two superstars' careers are ending.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, died in March, and the country music superstar has been candid about her feelings.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Taylor Nation, an official branch of the pop superstar’s marketing team, posted a series of photos from the Eras Tour where Swift is perhaps not-so-coincidentally wearing orange in every shot.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
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Bryan West, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Aaron Judge and the aforementioned Cole are only getting older, which means the Yankees' World Series window is closing as quickly as these two superstars' careers are ending.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, died in March, and the country music superstar has been candid about her feelings.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Taylor Nation, an official branch of the pop superstar’s marketing team, posted a series of photos from the Eras Tour where Swift is perhaps not-so-coincidentally wearing orange in every shot.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superstar
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And sports stars and Mahatma Gandhi and Florence Nightingale and more than 20,000 other pieces, and with them, a question: What's to become of it all? Krasula, closing on 77, never had kids.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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This philosophy is one that many NFL teams are gravitating toward where star athletes are seeing little to no playing time in the preseason.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Their relationships and personalities come through on-screen.—
Scott Greenstone,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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Clarkson has also been open about her daughter's independent personality.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Superstar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superstar. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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