guest appearance

noun

: appearing or performing as a guest
He'll be making a special guest appearance on the popular television show next fall.

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Beyoncé headlined the halftime show in 2013 and made a guest appearance during Coldplay’s Super Bowl 50 set in 2016. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 There might just be a special guest appearance—though probably not from Mark Zuckerberg. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 Like Eamonn Walker, who portrayed Wallace Boden across the show’s first 12 seasons, made a guest appearance in Season 13. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Singer and songwriter Johnny Cash made an uncredited guest appearance in the show’s first episode. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guest appearance

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“Guest appearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20appearance. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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