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Definitions

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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Earlier this year, he realized show biz was not for him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2024

Looking at Hong now, you will see perhaps the busiest nonagenarian in show biz.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

Cook Richie's show biz dreams are crushed by Los Angeles and he returns home and to Mawby's.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 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 star, now 22, alleged that she wasn't allowed to make friends as they were competition in show biz, her diet was "very, very restricted" and her education was all but ignored.

From Fox News • Nov. 22, 2020