show biz
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of show biz
First recorded in 1945–50
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
“You wouldn’t get paid a lot, but you’d always get paid, and it was wonderful just to get a job,” Kent recalled of his early days in show biz.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2023
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
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