display
Usage
What are other ways to say display?
Display applies to intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. 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.Example Sentences
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The elevator display reads "433", the number of metres below ground.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
On social media, Rice has made no secret of her continued contempt for Becerra, a display that carries no small whiff of ax-grinding and score-settling.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
However, the new material appears to display this behavior at room temperature.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
The volatility of longer-dated bonds has been on display since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran Feb. 28.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“Are you suggesting that you would put the children on display? Like animals in a zoo?”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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