Hollywood
Americannoun
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the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
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a city in SE Florida, near Miami: seaside resort.
noun
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a NW suburb of Los Angeles, California: centre of the American film industry. Pop: 167 664 (2000)
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the American film industry
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( as modifier )
a Hollywood star
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Center of the American film industry.
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"The film has a few scattered giggles, but it's dawdling and cumbersome, and far less 'relevant' than it thinks," read a review from the Hollywood trade publication Variety.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Thank you for the stadium, thank you for everything else, but we’re not going to uphold our end of the deal,’” said John Quinn, outside counsel for Hollywood Park in the matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"But, in a way, it was exciting feeling like a bit of a Hollywood action scene."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
As a young professional, my trick ankle gave out and I collapsed in front of my boyfriend, Drew, in the parking lot of a TV studio in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
I took it all in, inhaling the city, until we came to the open-air pavilion that was the Hollywood station.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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