: everything involved in what is under consideration
—usually used in the phrase the whole shebang
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Then again, the artifice of the film’s tone isn’t built for reflection, anyway, and its symbols aren’t found in any individual images but in the whole rollickingly monstrous shebang.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Headlining the who shebang is Alisdair Fraser, considered one of the top Scottish fiddlers on the planet.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
The show-stopping shebang was dreamed up by Hochberg in collaboration with Mark and Jonnie Houston of Houston Hospitality, who are behind Hollywood bars like Madame Siam and Dirty Laundry.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
And actually get the whole quirky, infectious shebang into the Billboard top five, selling over a million albums in a little over a month?
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Headlining the who shebang is Alisdair Fraser, considered one of the top Scottish fiddlers on the planet.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
The show-stopping shebang was dreamed up by Hochberg in collaboration with Mark and Jonnie Houston of Houston Hospitality, who are behind Hollywood bars like Madame Siam and Dirty Laundry.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
And actually get the whole quirky, infectious shebang into the Billboard top five, selling over a million albums in a little over a month?
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Shebang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shebang. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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shebang
noun
she·bang
shi-ˈbaŋ 
: everything involved that is under consideration
—usually used in the phrase the whole shebang
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