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
Fallout is the superstar standout; its fellow contenders failed to capture its brilliance (and, of course, the game experience).
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Matt Gardner, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The pop superstar has created a tradition of gifting her hat to young fans during the show.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Freddie Freeman has for a long time been floating just beneath the radar as one of the most anonymous superstars in any North American team sport.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The film focuses on the last few days of opera superstar Maria Callas’ life with Angelina Jolie in the starring role.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Matt Gardner, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The pop superstar has created a tradition of gifting her hat to young fans during the show.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Freddie Freeman has for a long time been floating just beneath the radar as one of the most anonymous superstars in any North American team sport.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The film focuses on the last few days of opera superstar Maria Callas’ life with Angelina Jolie in the starring role.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superstar
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Loading your audio article From one of pop music’s biggest stars to an opera about Mount Everest and a music festival inspired by Leonard Cohen, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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How did Kornacki become famous? Kornacki became somewhat of an internet star during the 2020 presidential election with his wall-to-wall election coverage as ballot-counting lasted for days in crucial battleground states.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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News of Chigvintsev’s arrest ended what appeared to be a reality TV-style fairy-tale romance, involving the two celebrities.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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And the organic social media love from Lisa and other celebrities was also invaluable.Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Step into the spotlight and let your dynamic personality inspire others to see the possibilities.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Using the Concise function on highlighted text to boil it down strips out too much personality, while the Friendly function gets too wordy and often misses the sentence's or paragraph's original point.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Superstar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superstar. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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