Examples of showbiz in a Sentence
Sometimes the critics love you and sometimes they hate you. That's showbiz.
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At 13, the actress was already a showbiz vet, having appeared on the sitcom The Danny Thomas Show as the titular star’s daughter for several seasons.
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Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Near the end of Robert Altman’s savage showbiz satire, Roberts appears briefly as herself, playing a part in a movie-within-a-movie about a woman on death row.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
But there’s a showbiz wild card at play.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Yet showbiz is grueling and, as Swift points out both visually and in her lyrics, showgirls pay a physical and mental price for their work.
—Misty L. Heggeness, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Near the end of Robert Altman’s savage showbiz satire, Roberts appears briefly as herself, playing a part in a movie-within-a-movie about a woman on death row.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
But there’s a showbiz wild card at play.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Yet showbiz is grueling and, as Swift points out both visually and in her lyrics, showgirls pay a physical and mental price for their work.
—Misty L. Heggeness, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Showbiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showbiz. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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