Streep

/ (striːp) /

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noun

Meryl, original name Mary Louise Streep. born 1949, US actress. Her films include The Deerhunter (1978), Kramer vs Kramer (1979), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982), Out of Africa (1986), The Hours (2002), Mamma Mia! (2008), and The Iron Lady (2011)

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streamy, Streator, streek, streeking, streel, Streep, street, street arab, streetcar, street certificate, street Christian

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How to use Streep in a sentence

Meryl Streep makes an eighth of what Justin Bieber does a year.
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And if the trailer is any indication, Meryl Streep plays a chillingly accurate Chief Elder.
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Rohrabacher wanted Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, or Jane Fonda to star.
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So, Streep rewrote much of her dialogue, which led to tension with her co-star, Hoffman, who felt she was trying to upstage him.
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David [O. Russell] was hugging me, Meryl Streep was giving me a pat on the arm, and Robert De Niro was about to hand me something.
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