Informal show business
The beautiful actress had always wanted a career in showbiz and now she finally felt like she'd made it.
Showbiz is slang for show business, which is defined as all aspects of the entertainment industry.
The movie industries and the theatre industry are examples of showbiz.
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Sentence Examples
- Once paired with a basic pair of black or tan pants, any of these vintage pieces can take on either the cozy winter style or the showbiz and glitzy fashions that were featured in this beloved musical.
- Omarosa - Omarosa wasn't the winner of season one of The Apprentice, but she is the one who has turned her much maligned turn on the show into a showbiz career (of sorts).
- However, it didn't take long for Morgan's work to be noticed by editors at the prominent U.K. newspaper, The Sun, where he served as a showbiz editor from 1989 to 1994.
- She was the youngest of the nine children in her showbiz family, and for much of her childhood, she took a backseat as her parents managed the career of the Jackson 5.
- This is where a site such as Showbiz Jobs is a good one to bookmark and conduct your searches by job, by geographic region and by specific studio.
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WORDS NEAR showbiz IN THE DICTIONARY
- showbiz
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- showboated