noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb’s rise to stardom
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In this book, he explores the actor’s rise to stardom.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
international
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Freds wanted fire escape Oh, the pressures of international stardom !
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Yet, it is as the leader of a succession of celebrated trios that Peterson achieved international stardom four decades ago.
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Despite professed nerves, she performed with all the confidence of an artist on the brink of international stardom .
■ VERB
shoot
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In 1929 she shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play.
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Disappointment at not getting a sure-thing shot at pop stardom .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
catapult sb to fame/stardom etc
shoot to fame/stardom/prominence
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In 1929 she shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play.
ticket to success/fame/stardom etc
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All too often large advances can seem like a ticket to stardom.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Stardom is the ultimate ambition of most young singers and actors.
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She feared that by having a baby she had sacrificed her chances of stardom .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both her looks and personality came from a ride to stardom that has been far from comfortable.
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But their stardom is of a more recent vintage.
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I did it myself to earn stardom .
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Nathan is grooming me for stardom .
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Sudden rock stardom can do weird things to your head, even if things build slowly, as they did for Weezer.
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That was stardom and Kenneth Williams was a star, even if his appeal was mostly on home territory.