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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 Still, his outlook and shtick are perhaps most legible through a distinctly Angeleno lens. —

Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026 So instead, Kimmel presented his own schtick, appearing on a mock set at the Washington Hilton with clips of the president and others in the crowd, some looking none too happy. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026 Liljenquist’s social-media shtick largely consists of helping homeless people and recording the activity for YouTube. —

Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026 Its pat, readymade quality threatens to destabilize Godd’s shtick, which, while still nascent, doesn’t offer quite as much juice as Blanton tries to squeeze from it. —

Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shtick

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act

Noun

The book is a poetry collection structured in three acts with seven players, each assigned a color of the rainbow and an apparition’s name, each of whom needs an audience to fully exist.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
Kareem chased it down in the corner, did a bit of a tightrope act to stay inbounds, then turned around and drained it with near-perfect form.

— Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 May 2026