variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
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The attraction is famous for introducing the world to mermaids via a variety show that includes performers swimming and dancing underwater in the country’s deepest natural spring.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
The night culminates in a thrilling drag variety show and ballroom competition, with participants vying for cash prizes.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Rhodes Brothers recorded albums and appeared on nationally TV variety shows.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
The kickoff will be a Puppet Party on June 12 that features a variety show with puppets, comedy and music.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
The night culminates in a thrilling drag variety show and ballroom competition, with participants vying for cash prizes.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Rhodes Brothers recorded albums and appeared on nationally TV variety shows.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
The kickoff will be a Puppet Party on June 12 that features a variety show with puppets, comedy and music.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for variety show
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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