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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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"But it's pretty cool he wants to show up and be a part of it."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The show means the half-time interval will be stretched from the traditional 15 minutes to around 25 minutes.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Those included numerous sessions with restaurant owners, including one in Echo Park, a “Families for Nithya” event in South L.A. and a comedy show at Upright Citizens Brigade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The findings, published in the Cambridge University Press journal Antiquity, show that the helmets were manufactured between the late 14th and early 15th centuries, completely overturning their long-standing Roman classification.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

She pulls a smooth rock from the bag and holds it up to show me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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