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display

[dih-spley] / dɪˈspleɪ /




Usage

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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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In addition to a website’s display advertising, anything shown on camera can be turned into an ad; it’s even easier when the product is child-related.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The items will be initially kept at the museum's collection centre in Nantgarw - where they will be cared for and made available for research and potentially prepared for public display.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Last September, Meta launched a $799 model with a built-in display on the right lens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Intersectionality is on display at the California African American Museum with “Free and Queer,” a show that puts Black LGBTQ+ Californians at the center of the civil rights movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Inside the cavernous marble hall, neatly pressed clerks stand behind waist-high display cases.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse