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.
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By never breaking the anthropoid conceit — keeping Williams a chimp from working-class childhood obscurity to adult pop-stardom — Better Man evolves into the most honest and exploratory showbiz movie ever made. Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025 Carter furnished a plane and pilot, and Rogers canceled his showbiz engagements to begin stumping all over Texas to raise money for needy farmers and the unemployed, Fairley wrote. Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025 The Franchise won’t be getting any sequels: HBO has cancelled the showbiz satire after just one season, TVLine has confirmed. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025 On the showbiz sections of certain UK newspaper websites, the churn of stories involving Walker, Kilner and Goodman — ideally all three in the same headline for SEO purposes — seems never-ending. Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for showbiz 

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 20 Jan. 2025.

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showbiz

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

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