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entertainment

[en-ter-teyn-muhnt] / ˌɛn tərˈteɪn mənt /


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She had experience painting sets at work for the entertainment industry, but had never customized a rental of her own like this.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Started in 2019, Drag Race UK brought British drag into mainstream entertainment in the UK, and has made household names of drag performers such as La Voix, Danny Beard, and Tia Kofi.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

However, in the wake of widespread layoffs at various companies that employ entertainment writers, this closing of ranks within the world of entertainment publicity creates an “us vs. them” mentality.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

But Walmart might not share rival Amazon’s streaming and entertainment ambitions, the BofA analysts suggested on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Without question, the dogs were the most dependable source of entertainment.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Today, dragons and dungeon crawls are common entertainments.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Meghan Kobza’s “The Masquerade” unmasks the festivities of 18th-century London, where the commercial “middling sort” acquired the numbers and money to emulate the private entertainments of kings and aristocrats.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

"Christmas football was originally rooted in a wider tradition of communal entertainments," Professor Martin Johnes of Swansea University told BBC Sport.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

Colliding art and science melds these opposing sides, while providing a subtle sense of conflict on which all popular entertainments depend.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

I played dance-tunes at the convocations and entertainments of wealth.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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