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Recent Examples of costar
Noun
More than a decade later, Stiller now counts Swift’s beau as a costar. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025 At this year's Oscars, announcer Nick Offerman made a joking allusion to his familiarity with Parks costar Poehler by feigning total unfamiliarity. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025 Gellar chatted with Glamour about the advice her Dexter costar Michael C. Hall told her about returning to an iconic role, her one film her kids don’t find cringe, and her rules for re-creating 90s fashion. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025 Lloyd was joined by his Taxi costars, Carol Kane, Tony Danza, Marilu Henner, and Judd Hirsch. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for costar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costar
Noun
  • That sounds surprising for an actress who always seems to find ways to make her characters so interesting and multilayered.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In real life, the Oscar-winning actress found love with cinematographer, Daniel Moder.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Episode writer Zachary Reiter knows exactly how to ham up the calm before the storm, warming us up with sentimental moments (like a mother preparing her son for his first date) and frisky foreshadowing (of course there’s a couple getting it on in the bathroom).
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In honor of the Games’ host country this year, the star opted for a vintage, Parisian cabaret-style performance, hamming up her movements with every opportunity.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • Co-created with star Stephen Graham, the four-part series uses a daring one-shot for each episode to call attention to widespread reports of young boys involved in knife crimes.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Series stars Erin Krakow, Kevin McGarry, Jack Wagner, Chris McNally, Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith are all set to return.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • But, for the most part, all of these experiences pale in comparison to the other games that are being aped, the ones that are the apex of their genre.
    Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Nonetheless, a few of your favorite Black stars and starlets grabbed their romantic partner, got gussied up in a fancy gown and tux/suit situation, and made Oscar night date night.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The actress and Disney starlet, who is one of the ceremony’s ambassadors this year, favored volume and a couture approach to her red carpet style sensibility for the night.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Bruins enjoyed that sort of bonanza in their NCAA tournament opener Thursday night, withstanding an injury scare to Aday Mara to win so comfortably that walk-on Jack Seidler was able to dribble out the final seconds to cheers inside Rupp Arena.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Kam Jones, David Joplin and Stevie Mitchell joined Smart at Marquette to begin their college careers as part of a class that included walk-on Cam Brown.
    Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • It’s been imitated to death by lesser films in the years that followed, but this first appearance still has a disarming spark.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
  • With over 100,000 followers on Instagram, her inspiring style has been often imitated, but never replicated.
    Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There’s some time travel, a handsome leading man, and a frazzled aunt (played by stage veteran Faith Prince), but mostly the show rests on the performance of Broadway newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers, whose Betty wants nothing more than a day off from her celebrity life.
    Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Similarly, center Bam Adebayo, who was named Heat captain even as Butler over his 5 1/2 Heat seasons moved into the role of Heat leading man, demurred when asked about Tuesday night’s matchup.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Costar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costar. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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