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MTV

American  
Trademark.
  1. Music Television: a cable television subscription service featuring a format of music videos.


MTV British  

abbreviation

  1. music television: a US music channel that operates 24 hours a day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The in-real-life exposure is crucial, said Michelle Perchuk, founder of MTV Coaching.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

He adds: "Putin was playing this sort of very, very, I suppose, traditional Soviet leadership role, but he was doing it in an era of the reality show, MTV and sugar daddies."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

MTV picked us up for a sketch-comedy show, and we all went from graduation to our MTV office.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In Los Angeles, a former MTV personality is running a mayoral campaign built around TMZ confrontations.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

Suddenly, Zlata’s focus switched from her studies and watching MTV to the closing of her school and the destruction of the national library.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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