: a young movie actress being coached and publicized for starring roles
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She was a starlet in the 1940s.
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Her time as Metro Goldwyn Meyers' number-one starlet was filled with ups and downs, both in her career and in love.
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Haley Van Horn, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Once the starlet of German soccer, Götze has become one of the elder statesmen at Eintracht Frankfurt.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The starlet doesn’t know it yet, but the experience will irreparably alter the course of her life.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
The former starlet was put on an involuntary psychiatric hold in 2013 after deciding to start a small fire on a stranger's driveway.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Haley Van Horn, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Once the starlet of German soccer, Götze has become one of the elder statesmen at Eintracht Frankfurt.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The starlet doesn’t know it yet, but the experience will irreparably alter the course of her life.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
The former starlet was put on an involuntary psychiatric hold in 2013 after deciding to start a small fire on a stranger's driveway.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Starlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlet. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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starlet
noun
star·let
ˈstär-lət 
: a young movie actress
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