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Recent Examples of costar
Noun
Season three runners-up Bailey and Jeremy weren’t quite as lucky as costars Kyra and Will. Caroline Reilly, Glamour, 22 May 2025 Vanessa Bayer, Julia Butters, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Sophia Hammons, meanwhile, have joined in new roles, and Lohan's The Parent Trap costar Elaine Hendrix also makes a cameo. Nicholas Rice, People.com, 19 May 2025 The two costars headed to the Club Albane rooftop, which offered an expansive view over all the yachts parked in the Mediterranean, after receiving a six-minute standing ovation for their work in Lynne Ramsay’s latest film. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 May 2025 As Swift’s and Lively’s own legal teams fight Baldoni’s attempt to subpoena the pop star, his legal team has levied a new bombshell allegation against his former costar. Glamour, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for costar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costar
Noun
  • While arriving at Cannes' Palace of Festivals and Conferences center, per People magazine, the British actress stunned in a white and pink plaid dress.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • The actress speaks with EW about what could have been.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 May 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
  • Here's what stars, constellations are the best to spot in May Stargazing this May?
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 25 May 2025
  • With Manchester City having spent over $275 million on transfers in the past season, as well as signing star striker Erling Haaland to a new contract, a deal for Wirtz and a transfer fee of over $150 million might have been a step too far for Pep Guardiola’s side.
    James Nalton, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • According to Check Point, Google is second only to Microsoft in its likelihood to be aped in an attack.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • The animation perfectly apes the style of the cartoons of the '50s and Alan Cumming's overly energetic performance is perfect for the character.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Elle Fanning, who plays a Hollywood starlet in the feature, wiped away tears and embraced Trier as the crowd whooped and hollered for her performance.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 21 May 2025
  • The director casts amateur boxer Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin, another uncanny resemblance) to play the male lead and Hollywood starlet Jean Seberg (Zoey Deutch, convincing as a fish out of water) to play his American girlfriend.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Only one quarterback remains on the roster from last season, and that’s walk-on Jackson Stratton, who began the year as a fifth-teamer only to start two games after injuries took out four other quarterbacks.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • Mike Noyes of Granby, a high-IQ walk-on who eventually earned a scholarship during the Kevin Ollie era, is an assistant coach/director of player development.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • At Cruise’s behest, McQuarrie’s stunts imitate the most primitive filmmaking — not the awe-inspiring magic of Georges Méliès but the Lumière brothers’ rudimentary documentation of action.
    Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
  • Walton imitated the big-box retail store and located them in small towns.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • His looks were worthy of a leading man—but way more fun, and entirely unpredictable.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 May 2025
  • One of the biggest criticisms is that the most dramatic part of the story, the leading man’s temptation in the big city, happens offstage.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025

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“Costar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costar. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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