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ballerina

[bal-uh-ree-nuh] / ˌbæl əˈri nə /
NOUN
prima ballerina
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The ballerina collaboration, Reichert said, would be part of the company’s efforts to hold consumers’ attention with new shoes and sandals in the years ahead.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

I have not had one since I was training to be a ballerina when I was a kid.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

And for those who think age is a state of mind, I recommend our profile of Yoko Morishita, the Japanese prima ballerina still going strong at 77.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

After more than a decade abroad, it was time for the ballerina to return to America.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

His whistling got louder and he leapt like a ballerina.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Degas is said to have preferred watching ballerinas in the rehearsal studio as opposed to performing on stage, as he could then witness the “little events that occurred in the background.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Arguably most prominent was her role as the central of five ballerinas in “Divertimento No. 15,” Balanchine’s Mozart-inspired confection from 1956, where she displayed gyroscopic turns and air-filled, feathery footwork.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

“You chose it because you said ferns were the ballerinas of plants. Don’t you remember how much you loved your old dance classes? You know, I used to love dancing, too.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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