leading character
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The set is the centerpiece of a movie studio that is itself a leading character in Hollywood lore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025
Tina Huang, who plays the leading character Kat Chan, pointed out how a majority of the people on and off stage for the production identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
“Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government,” Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 70.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2022
Its leading character is a certain genial and eccentric Lord Peter Wimsey, younger brother of the Duke of Denver, who has taken up amateur detecting as a pastime.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Her leading character, however, seems to be that of a goddess of love.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan