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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In a pathetic display of learned helplessness, California business leaders have collaborated in their own abasement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
For her window display at the new Toast store in West Hollywood, artist Kyna Payawal was inspired by the outdoor gathering cultures of L.A. and “the idea of having a shared blanket.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
Because the original vaquita skeleton is both fragile and extremely rare, opportunities for direct study and public display are limited.
From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026
So what lessons can the Scots take from Cape Verde's remarkable display?
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
In Belgian Flanders, the scene of savage fighting since October, the year 1914 ended with a remarkable display of fellowship and goodwill.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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