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diva

[dee-vuh, -vah] / ˈdi və, -vɑ /
NOUN
prima donna
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The pop diva attracted more than 144,000 visitors, almost half of them foreigners.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Pair that winning team with Williams’ tremendously campy performance as a fur-trimmed-leopard-print-wearing, her-way-or-the-highway, Capital-D diva, and you’ve got the ultimate reason why “A Christmas Carol” and Ebenezer Scrooge have maintained their relevance for 182 years.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

She was in shock to have won the award and dedicated it to "every northern, working-class diva."

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

“She’s a diva, an absolute diva,” fourth-generation Washington apple farmer Kait Thornton said of the Honeycrisp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

“And the newspapers ran stories about the little upstart diva who stole the show. And that launched my career.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman