show business
noun
: the arts, occupations, and businesses (such as theater, movies, 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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Like Knightley, Righton is British-born and has an accomplished career in show business.
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Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The original committee’s members were mainly leftists and liberals whose careers survived the political pressures to root them out of show business.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Now era long, straight hair, sits up as the pastoral scene is literally pulled apart by stagehands, revealed as nothing more than show business trickery.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Miller, a child star from Toronto, was feeling the vertigo of abandoning show business.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The original committee’s members were mainly leftists and liberals whose careers survived the political pressures to root them out of show business.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Now era long, straight hair, sits up as the pastoral scene is literally pulled apart by stagehands, revealed as nothing more than show business trickery.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Miller, a child star from Toronto, was feeling the vertigo of abandoning show business.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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 24 Oct. 2025.
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