show business
noun
: the arts, occupations, and businesses (such as theater, motion pictures, and television) that comprise the entertainment industry
Examples of show business in a Sentence
She has been in show business for over 30 years.
actors trying to break into show business
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Filled with reform proposals and drawn up by more than a dozen soccer insiders in December 2015, the report was FIFA’s best chance to show business partners, U.S. investigators and billions of fans that it could be trusted again after one of the biggest corruption scandals in sports history.
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Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Ellen Hover, 23, was an artist and musician NYPD
Ellen Hover came from a prominent show business family.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
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Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Ellen Hover, 23, was an artist and musician NYPD
Ellen Hover came from a prominent show business family.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for show business
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“Show business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/show%20business. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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