SUPERSTARDOM Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

superstardom

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Recent Examples of superstardom However, Twain faced new obstacles even after reaching superstardom, including divorce and a battle with Lyme disease. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 Pulisic has never seemed overly comfortable in the role that was thrust upon him, and as his charisma-free walk-on in that Wells Fargo spot suggests, perhaps certain trappings of superstardom will never be a good fit for the AC Milan player. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026 Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the PG-13 film chronicles Jackson's journey from the Jackson Five to his solo superstardom, concluding with his 1998 Bad tour. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Published in October 2023, The Woman in Me became one of the fastest-selling celebrity memoirs ever, chronicling Spears’ rise to pop superstardom, the conservatorship that controlled much of her adult life and her eventual return to independence. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 July 2026 Krishnamurthy points to the proliferation of baseball hats by luxury designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Tom Ford in the years surrounding Jay-Z’s rise to superstardom as proof. — Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026 For the Ronettes, superstardom was a family business. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 With a handful of projects, Lisa is on the verge of American superstardom. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026 Early also stars as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 June 2026

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That production was the seed of her Hollywood stardom, which this revival now frames as the source of something matrilineal, passed down to two generations of Black actresses.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Achieving mainstream stardom hasn’t stopped Cale, Jacobs and Scorsese from maintaining the glimmer of coolness decades into their careers.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

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Under Engelbert, the WNBA has recorded historic growth as the popularity of women’s basketball — and women’s sports in general — exploded to unprecedented levels.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
In addition to the show’s popularity — its first season spent four weeks in the Global Top 10 TV list — fans can take comfort in knowing there’s plenty of source material left to cover.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

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