variants
also schtick
or shtik
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Recent Examples of shtick
Part of the brothers’ shtick is their tireless commitment to the products they are paid to shill.
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Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
Nearly a decade later, the show’s schtick has become arguably well-worn, with storylines borrowing from its past seasons nearly as much as popular '80s fare.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Dec. 2025
That episode came across to many as a troll consistent with the film’s schtick, a campaign engineered to get snubbed so Walsh could once again bemoan the illiberal tendencies of the elites who supposedly control Hollywood.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
But there’s hope; Shroud’s whole schtick is being able to statistically predict outcomes, but how can anyone predict what a bunch of often stupid former villains will do?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
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Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
Nearly a decade later, the show’s schtick has become arguably well-worn, with storylines borrowing from its past seasons nearly as much as popular '80s fare.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Dec. 2025
That episode came across to many as a troll consistent with the film’s schtick, a campaign engineered to get snubbed so Walsh could once again bemoan the illiberal tendencies of the elites who supposedly control Hollywood.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
But there’s hope; Shroud’s whole schtick is being able to statistically predict outcomes, but how can anyone predict what a bunch of often stupid former villains will do?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shtick
act
Noun
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There is something very classic about these acts.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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The act of measurement seemingly makes this hazy quantumness go away, replaced by something definite and more in line with our experience of classical reality.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Feb. 2026
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