three-star
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A three-star prospect out of Carol City High in Opa Locka, Fla., Ponder spent a year at Bethune-Cookman University before transferring to Colorado.
From Los Angeles Times
“In war, there is always friction and always an element of chance, and you never have perfect awareness of the environment,” said Sean MacFarland, a retired three-star Army general who commanded the U.S.-led coalition that defeated Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Olivia Garrett of the Radio Times agreed the show is "let down by overproduction" in a three-star review, adding: "Like Dracula himself, this production sits stranded in the middle, not dead, not alive, but somewhere in between."
From BBC
There’s no way Mom would settle for a roadside motel or three-star resort.
From Literature
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In a three-star review, the Irish Times's Donald Clarke noted that "the surprise for many will be how closely this supposed deconstruction sticks to the shape of Emily Brontë's original narrative".
From BBC
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