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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I thought a Hollywood ending could save me, but maybe Los Angeles would prove me wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Gyllenhaal, from a well-connected Hollywood family that includes actor brother Jake, also stressed how AI companies were seeking to license the images of actors in order to reproduce them in digital form.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
If Chicken Run proved Aardman could conquer Hollywood, another character would go on to conquer the world.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The outsize, eccentric personalities of tech titans have also given Hollywood plenty to work with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"But didn't you tell Brianne Slotsky that you have a Hollywood Heather doll?"
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
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