schtick

noun

less common spelling of shtick

1
: a usually comic or repetitious performance or routine : bit
2
: one's special trait, interest, or activity : bag
he's alive and well and now doing his shtick out in HollywoodRobert Daley

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Every line was the same; also many of the schticks. Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 Klingemann is an early adopter of AI in art, using neural networks as part of the artistic process, and as a kind of performance schtick. Will Knight, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024 Howard is great, but his whole schtick could be an act. Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Much of the film focuses on a group of misfits led by fading ghost superstar Catherine (Sandrine Pinna), whose jilted-lover hotel haunting schtick slayed in the ‘80s and ‘90s but is losing relevance in the social-media era. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for schtick 

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“Schtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schtick. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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