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diva

noun

ˈdē-və

Definition of diva

as in queen

a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity the reigning diva of daytime television

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Recent Examples of diva Not a diva was down at the spring 2027 shows this New York Fashion Week. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026 And coloratura soprano Midori Marsh is also fun and entertaining as opera company diva Carlotta. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2026 By the early ‘90s, country radio had moved on to a younger generation of performers, and Shania Twain was the reigning country diva. — Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 The group — made up of high-strung news freelancer Billie (Lucy Freyer), chaotic diva Issa (Amita Rao), and life-of-the-party Anton (Owen Thiele) — are all at different places in love, life, and career. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diva

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Up there like the queen of it all is this big platelike moon with a sliver out of it at the three-o’clock position.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
This earlier Russell work did not include acid queens, pinball wizards, or teenage-wasteland messiahs.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

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The princess has also increasingly made the importance of nature a focus of her work, including last year's release of a four-part video series on the power of nature.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
When Sita begs Rama to follow a demon disguised as a beautiful golden deer, Rama draws a magical protective circle around the princess and instructs her to stay within the circle’s borders.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

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