show biz
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of show biz
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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“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
Looking at Hong now, you will see perhaps the busiest nonagenarian in show biz.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023
Famously, Cage was born into a show biz family, the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and cousin of Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola.
From Salon ● May 2, 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 star, now 22, alleged that she wasn't allowed to make friends as they were competition in show biz, her diet was "very, very restricted" and her education was all but ignored.
From Fox News ● Nov. 22, 2020
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