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show

[shoh] / ʃoʊ /










Usage

What are other ways to say show? The noun show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Ostentation is vain, ambitious, pretentious, or offensive display: tasteless and vulgar ostentation. Pomp suggests such a show of dignity and authority as characterizes a ceremony of state: The coronation was carried out with pomp and splendor.

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Many were chanting, with Union flags and banners on show.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The opportunity is now for the public to show that it prefers non-idiocy in the media outlets it patronizes and is willing to pay for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

All of this means that people who show up sick to the hospital aren’t told what they’re sick with for days or nearly weeks in an area where outsiders are seen with rational skepticism.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

But I wanted to show that in a way where I don’t spell it all out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

How could God Himself show truth and love at the same time in a world like this?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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