Thesaurus results for STARRED (IN)

starred (in)

verb

past tense of star (in)

as in posed (as)

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The new version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been cut from a five-hour show performed across two parts to a single three-hour performance as it is performed on Broadway.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026
Drexler’s comedic sensibility was shaped, early on, by the vaudeville acts that performed in movie theatres in between screenings.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of performed

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And so, of course, there’s always these big hazards in drawing parallels between human, humans and microbes, especially because the language is interpreted in so many different ways by different people.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Some interpreted the announcement as a signal that Jordan would become a regular presence on the studio desk.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of interpreted

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With Rose unavailable, sophomore quarterback Gabriel Webster played in district games against Azle, Denton and Sherman.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Armstrong led the Chiefs in receiving yards in the preseason, so he’s played against NFL competition.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of played

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Prosecutors claimed Davis acted out of revenge for Shakur and his crew previously beating on Orlando Anderson, Davis’ nephew.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of acted out

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But Marxists who dreamed of a workers’ republic could not compete with the reformers in Congress who enacted such measures as a progressive income tax, antitrust legislation, and a ban on child labor.

— Michael Kazin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Cuba has enacted a raft of economic reforms aimed at opening up the private sector, but Cuba's leaders have said not to expect political reform.

— Matt Gutman, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of enacted

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Every major publisher, agent, editor, author union, or literary award executive is at risk of being impersonated.

— Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026
Last year, the AI startup removed chatbots that impersonated popular Disney characters such as Elsa and Darth Vader after the Burbank entertainment behemoth sent a cease-and-desist letter.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of impersonated

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For Rush, a republic that put citizens to death still acted like a monarchy, treating citizens’ lives as its own to dispose of.

— Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department invoked national security only in court filings days after the White House acted against the reporters.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

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