headliner
a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
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While the headliners were no surprise, there were some unexpected developments in the first ballot.
Kevin Durant and LeBron James lead first round of NBA All-Star voting | Ben Golliver | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostThey began working together as teenagers and ended up as headliners at their own 1,500-seat theater at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas.
Siegfried Fischbacher, half of large-animal magic team Siegfried & Roy, dies at 81 | Matt Schudel | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostNew York was one of the few teams with meaningful cap space this summer, but it had no luck with headliners such as Fred VanVleet and Hayward.
NBA free agency winners and losers: A tough weekend for the Wizards and Knicks | Ben Golliver | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostThe long, athletic forward was ranked 101st in the country by recruiting site 247Sports as the headliner of Georgetown’s class, which the site ranked 53rd.
Big East coaches pick Georgetown to finish last. Patrick Ewing says that’s about right. | Kareem Copeland | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostThe headliner will likely be the iPhone 12 with its new 5G compatibility, but this is one of Apple’s biggest events of the year, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few more announcements on the hardware front.
All the big announcements from Apple’s iPhone 12 launch event | Stan Horaczek | October 13, 2020 | Popular-Science
He was the headliner at the hotel that evening, and allegedly offered her a ticket to his show.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004 | Marlow Stern | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe company also co-sponsored a concert with 2Chainz as headliner and partnered with UniversityPrimetime.com.
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot? | Melanie Plenda | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe played a few songs to warm up the crowd for the headliner, Odetta, the queen of American folk music.
Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie | Jimmy So | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLast year, when I interviewed Miss Piggy, the experience was on par to talking to a cross-dressing headliner on Fire Island.
Kermit, Miss Piggy and Chick fil-A: Why Gays Love the Muppets | Ramin Setoodeh | July 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Wood was the headliner—and with her level of stage-presence, the other nervous toddlers felt a little like filler.
Why must the headliner always be a talking or a singing person who tells you how much money he needs, or how much she is getting?
Adventures in the Arts | Marsden HartleyThe chills were running up and down my spine in our cold apartment, but this headliner froze me stiff.
Germany in War Time | Mary Ethel McAuleyThey called Eric from private life to be headliner in their vaudeville.
In a Little Town | Rupert HughesEight meetings announced him as headliner, with Cooper Union as the climax.
The Dual Alliance | Marjorie Benton CookeHe was only nineteen when he joined the club and was a headliner from the start.
Pitching in a Pinch | Christy Mathewson
British Dictionary definitions for headliner
/ (ˈhɛdˌlaɪnə) /
a performer given prominent billing; star
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