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Definition of fishbowl
1 : a bowl for the keeping of live fish
2 : a place or condition that affords no privacy
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Examples of fishbowl in a Sentence
Being a politician these days means living in a fishbowl—every part of your life is open to public view.
Recent Examples of fishbowl from the Web
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Whether creators and posters are sharing clear slime, fluffy slime, charm slime, floam, fishbowl slime, or any other number of slime variants, slime is clearly a Thing, and so naturally, many of the folks who make these videos are cashing in.
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Among them lay Sami’s shattered fishbowl and Sami, dead among the shards of glass.
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The fishbowl situation along with increasingly lackluster performance on the court sent him into a tailspin.
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On the other side of the glass at this longtime power-dining fishbowl, the mood was clear: This was dinner and a show.
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Encased in floor-to-ceiling glass like a giant fishbowl, this dream kitchen must surely be the envy of every chef in Southern California.
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Basically any glass object could cause a blaze, including jars, mirrors, fishbowls and even eyeglasses when left in the sun.
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On a Tuesday in April, a team of Jukin researchers gathered in one of several fishbowl conference rooms, away from the pop-music hum of the main floor.
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Living in a fishbowl yields its share of challenges, of course.
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First Known Use of fishbowl
1906
FISHBOWL Defined for English Language Learners
fishbowl
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Definition of fishbowl for English Language Learners
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: a bowl used for keeping live fish
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: a place or condition in which there is no privacy
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