cast of characters
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—sometimes used to refer to a group of people who have important roles in a book, story, or event
The cast of characters includes President Johnson and his top advisers during the Vietnam War.
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Beattie is just one figure in a bulging cast of characters that Stewart handily divides into five main categories: Funders, Thinkers, Sergeants, Infantry and Power Players.
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Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Drawn with a spidery expressionistic line and featuring a cast of characters including the neurotic Bernard, brutish Huey and the graceful Dancer, the strip satirized social and political issues and gave voice to liberal humanist views during the culturally conservative 1950s.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
As well as creating vast online revenues, the new surge in interest in Pikachu and his fellow cast of characters is spilling over into the offline world.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024
Creating a new cast of characters and a new locale is always an exciting time, but developing Serenity for this new series had a special meaning for me.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Drawn with a spidery expressionistic line and featuring a cast of characters including the neurotic Bernard, brutish Huey and the graceful Dancer, the strip satirized social and political issues and gave voice to liberal humanist views during the culturally conservative 1950s.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
As well as creating vast online revenues, the new surge in interest in Pikachu and his fellow cast of characters is spilling over into the offline world.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024
Creating a new cast of characters and a new locale is always an exciting time, but developing Serenity for this new series had a special meaning for me.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Cast of characters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20of%20characters. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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