showbiz

noun

show·​biz ˈshō-ˌbiz How to pronounce showbiz (audio)
often attributive
showbizzy adjective

Examples of showbiz in a Sentence

Sometimes the critics love you and sometimes they hate you. That's showbiz.
Recent Examples on the Web Determined to break into showbiz, Chili leverages his mob connections to produce a movie, navigating a colorful array of characters, including a B-movie actress (Rene Russo), a struggling actor (Danny DeVito), and rival gangsters. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024 Robbie gets that cheeky streak from his father, a cabaret comedian (stage name Peter Conway, played here by Steve Pemberton) who leaves home to pursue his own showbiz dreams when Robbie was just a lad. Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024 Reynolds co-wrote this obnoxious script with Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells, and the real subject here is not the mystery of existence across time and dimensions, but the cynical exaggerations of showbiz venality. Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024 As James Cameron can tell you, there are few jobs in showbiz harder than filming something on the water, in a boat. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for showbiz 

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Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of showbiz was in 1872

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“Showbiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showbiz. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

showbiz

noun
show·​biz -ˌbiz How to pronounce showbiz (audio)

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