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diva

[dee-vuh, -vah] / ˈdi və, -vɑ /
NOUN
prima donna
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“Dolly has shaped much of my life as a drag artist,” Bandit wrote on Instagram, calling her a “queen who has changed the world with her love, artistry, and GLAM! my diva forever.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

"She is a diva," Bandit said, adding that she hoped people would "take a minute to listen to her message, and be a little bit more like Dolly."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Acting in a film within a film, Fix’s version of teenage Billy is so nervous it seems impossible she’ll become Anderson’s diva.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

She’s not a diva belting out choruses and taking up space—instead, she sometimes seems like a master of ceremonies, someone hosting the party rather than hogging the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Our director is Maria Büchner herself, the renowned Koloratursopran diva.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Kemp said that, alongside Saturday's headliner Raye, the weekend's line-up had "spanned a generation of divas".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

I think the demonstration that you can actually bring 21 divas together to play a harmonious monetary policy for the benefit of Europe is also something that I would probably claim the benefit of.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

Pop divas like Charli XCX and Chappell Roan have dominated the airwaves, and even alternative R&B has broken through to the public because of silly TikTok memes and dances.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2024

"Let’s not become divas or untouchables. There is something special about the women’s game. We have always been real," she said.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2024

For me, performing-arts camp was six weeks stuck in a cabin with a bunch of eleven-year-old divas.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

This week, Berber Jin, Ben Cohen and Anissa Gardizy give us a deep dive into Aschenbrenner’s past, hard lessons for Wall Street and implications for the ethical future of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

A deep dive into the market for legacy sports franchises indicates to Sports Value Consulting co-founder and chief executive Michael Rapkoch that the investment is sound.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

But for anyone to dive deeper, the movie first had to get people’s eyes.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

So once more into the rumors we dive.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Instead, the Pe-2 went into a dive all by itself, and the increased gravity trapped Klava and Galya in the open cockpit.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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