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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

The Scouts did not make Raspberry Rally samples widely available before Tuesday’s announcement — that’s show biz.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022

“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 25-year-old actor has been in show biz for quite a while now but skyrocketed to international fame when he was cast as Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, in 2016's "Captain America: Civil War."

From Fox News • Nov. 17, 2021

It’s an only-in-L.A. combination of architectural and show biz history.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2021