Definitions

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  • noun The entertainment industry.

Etymologies

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show +‎ business

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Examples

  • Though the show itself would end soon after that, Doreen would prove correct about which of the girls 'attributes would get them noticed in showbusiness at large.

    Jennifer Armstrong: What Mouseketeers Taught Me About Feminism Jennifer Armstrong 2010

  • Though the show itself would end soon after that, Doreen would prove correct about which of the girls 'attributes would get them noticed in showbusiness at large.

    Jennifer Armstrong: What Mouseketeers Taught Me About Feminism Jennifer Armstrong 2010

  • The 22-year-old bombshell has some of the longest legs in showbusiness and is famed for her slender frame.

    Rihanna Dating Negus Sealy 2010

  • The campaign was deliberately non-party-political, it used some of the biggest names in showbusiness to get the message across to the public and it forced the issue to the top of the media agenda.

    Archive 2007-08-05 2007

  • The campaign was deliberately non-party-political, it used some of the biggest names in showbusiness to get the message across to the public and it forced the issue to the top of the media agenda.

    Referendum News 2007

  • Rael's one of the hardest-working men in showbusiness, and he's been pushing Blosxom up the hill in his non-copious non-spare time.

    Boing Boing: January 19, 2003 - January 25, 2003 Archives 2003

  • Jack Coleman: Unlike the rest of showbusiness which is so secure.

    2007 Paley Festival Recap: HEROES | the TV addict 2007

  • There's nothing more than -- it's an amazing word, "showbusiness": There really is a show, and there really is the business.

    CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2001 2001

  • Then, after a little pause, he adds "showbusiness", for extra clarification, just in case you thought he was talking about car manufacturing.

    The Guardian World News Sam Wollaston 2011

  • Then, after a little pause, he adds "showbusiness", for extra clarification, just in case you thought he was talking about car manufacturing.

    The Guardian World News Sam Wollaston 2011

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