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variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
Examples of variety show in a Sentence
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Burlesque and aerial variety show with headliner Frankie Fictitious.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 14 July 2024
In early 1973, Darin hosted the single-season NBC variety show The Bobby Darin Show.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 July 2024
Klages lighted a wide range of variety shows, dramatic productions, entertainment specials and award presentations throughout his career.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 July 2024
The first casts Wilson as a Sixties-style crooner in a blue pantsuit and hair to the heavens, placing her on the stage of a TV variety show where cameras capture a whole lot of shimmying.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
variety show
noun
: entertainment made up of separate performances (as dances and songs) that follow one another
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