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shticks

noun

variants also schticks or shtiks

plural of shtick

as in acts

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 shticks Why do these shticks elicit such delight? — Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

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acts

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At least 24 schools were hit by acts of vandalism or arson, Education Minister Édouard Geffray said over the weekend.

— Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
The group said the channel no longer draws from the wider pool of 800-plus comedians and instead rotates a narrower roster of comics each month, with more than 75 percent of plays going to the top 50 artists and bigger celebrity acts.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

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