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shtick

noun

ˈshtik

variants also schtick or shtik

as in act

a performance regularly presented by an individual or group his shtick as a falling-down drunk isn't funny to people battling alcoholism

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Recent Examples of shtick These objects’ whole shtick, after all, is gobbling up stuff, so two of them trying to eat each other feels inevitable. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026 The shirt-off schtick fueled his fame and became a trademark of his. —

Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Jan. 2026 Ailes had never much cared for Carlson’s preppy, fraternity-rush-chair shtick. —

Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026 Every chair approaches that part of the program in their own way; some have done schtick, others have been more straightforward. —

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shtick

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act

Noun

Alongside the conference programme, the SXSW London Music Festival will showcase more than 200 artists, spanning emerging voices and established acts such as Tiwa Savage, ODUMODUBLVCK, Rachel Chinouriri and Circa Waves.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
The amphitheater, where bandleader Cesar LaMonaca led an orchestra under the moonlight for nearly 50 years, was gone, eventually replaced and moved a bit north and booked with acts of the day.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026