Sweetheart received significant commendation from the entertainment business at large (4)

I believe the answer is:

egot

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'significant commendation from the entertainment business at large' is the definition.
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'sweetheart received' is the wordplay.
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'received' becomes 'got' ('get' can be a synonym of 'receive').
'e'+'got'='EGOT'

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