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show biz

NOUN
show business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
entertainment industry movie industry
WEAK
Broadway Hollywood TV industry footlights motion picture industry television industry the boards the bright lights the footlights the stage the theater theater theater world
NOUN
stage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arena scene set spotlight theater
STRONG
Broadway boards dais drama footlights frame limelight off-Broadway play scaffold scaffolding scenery setting staging
WEAK
legit mise en scène show business stage set

Example Sentences

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And so, I mean, it's sort of disappointing or hard to get through your head that it's not continuing, but that's show biz, as they say.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2024

“You wouldn’t get paid a lot, but you’d always get paid, and it was wonderful just to get a job,” Kent recalled of his early days in show biz.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2023

“They think differently,” Tymofiy Mylovanov, a former economics minister, said to the New York Times in December about the show biz vets in government.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2022

The Reitmans joined a relative in Toronto, where Ivan displayed his show biz inclinations: starting a puppet theater, entertaining at summer camps, playing coffee houses with a folk music group.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2022

A friend told The Post Saturday that Bryan was on the cusp of "making it" in show biz, and didn’t have any known foes.

From Fox News • Aug. 22, 2021