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show and tell

NOUN
public presentation
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Tan also allegedly told Apple employees to bring physical components, such as batteries, circuit boards, and other parts, to interviews for "show and tell" sessions.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

For years, the volume — a 19th-century French treatise on the human soul — was brought out for show and tell, and sometimes, according to library lore, used to haze new employees.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2024

But I will not allow people to come on my show and tell blatant lies if I am in that position.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2023

"Last year in school, he made a show and tell of going in an ambulance."

From BBC Dec. 26, 2022

As to the art of pitching, of course, the old man could show and tell, but he could no longer do.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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