lead role

Example Sentences

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It is playing the lead role in SpaceX’s $75 billion initial public offering in the coming week and was involved in Alphabet’s $45 billion of equity offering last week.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The franchise was launched by superstar Amitabh Bachchan in 1978 and rebooted by Akhtar with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Her words bear a wonderful complexity thanks to Palmer, who’s perfectly cast in her lead role.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

In his 18th opera, Giuseppe Verdi provocatively made the lead role a courtesan in contemporary Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The lead role of Cinderella was played by a girl named Autumn Gooden.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene