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S star

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noun

Astronomy.
  1. a relatively cool red giant having a surface temperature of about 2500 K and an absorption spectrum with strong lines of zirconium oxide.


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Boseman’s star, the 2,828th on the Walk of Fame, is at 6904 Hollywood Blvd., in front of the Hollywoodland Experience store.

From Los Angeles Times

First, one of the government’s star witnesses was Cammilla Wamsley, the ICE field office director in Seattle and Portland.

From Slate

He was electric and the game's star man.

From BBC

The Israel Philharmonic's star conductor, 36-year-old Lahav Shani, was at the centre of another controversy in September when the organisers of the Flanders Festival in the Belgian city of Ghent cancelled his performance with the Munich Philharmonic, citing "insufficient clarity" on his attitude towards the Israeli government.

From BBC

That afforded Jim an up-close perspective on Elway, the university’s star quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times