headliner
noun
head·lin·er
ˈhed-ˌlī-nər 
1
: the principal performer in a show : star
broadly
: personality sense 4b
2
: fabric covering the inside of the roof of an automobile
Examples of headliner in a Sentence
He was the headliner at a local night club.
a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV
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But the Grammy winner’s recent visit to wine country isn’t the only headliner coming to the region this summer.
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Fielding Buck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
This diversity of styles is reflected in the festival’s three headliner’s: L.A.’s pop punk progenitors (and poor spellers) the Descendents, the utterly unclassifiable Devo, and London’s two-tone terrors Madness.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
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Fielding Buck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
This diversity of styles is reflected in the festival’s three headliner’s: L.A.’s pop punk progenitors (and poor spellers) the Descendents, the utterly unclassifiable Devo, and London’s two-tone terrors Madness.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
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“Headliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headliner. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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