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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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This town is known for two things: the original medieval stained glass windows in its ancient church and a world-beating air show hosted every year with the latest in military technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Chief executive Giles Hurley said discounts are helpful "when they're real and when they show realistic reductions", but hit out at what he said were unrealistic reductions which "dupe customers".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Canadian superstar took to the runway at the end of L'Oreal's annual show, emerging in a sleek black gown to rapturous applause at one of the fashion calendar's most glamorous openings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

While Meta still needs to show that it can retain interest over a long period of time, Muse has “taken off electrically,” according to Deutsche Bank’s Benjamin Black.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Dad complains too, but it’s just a show for Jonah.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Video shot from a distance shows smoke billowing from them.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Jim Paulsen thinks lagged indicators suggest the usual ‘best buying season’ for stocks may not be applicable this time and backtesting his model to 1970 shows meagre returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Moreover, the much-vaunted resilience of the American consumer shows no signs of diminishing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

With Dior, Tom Ford, Schiaparelli and Givenchy still to unveil their latest creations, Dion could yet be spotted in the front row of some of the season's biggest shows.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Do you want to start your first day at Somewhere Middle School not knowing anybody’s names or hobbies or favorite shows or preferred ice cream flavors?”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The eagerness the players showed shocked Alhamad, with all of the squad, except Jaiden Bartolo who is on international duty, agreeing to go within an hour.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

After she downsized, she opened her cupboard and showed him four plates, four saucers, four cups and four bowls.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Industry accounts for July showed little change overall for goods-producing and services industries in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In fact, the last composite PMI showed the strongest growth, Covid excepted, since 2015.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

But when I showed him a cubby hole behind the corner cupboard in the dining room, he shook his head.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Earlier research has shown that glymphatic function becomes impaired after stroke.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Investors might also derive some reassurance from the weak seasonality in August and September returns shown in five of the last ten years.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Last year, Tennessee's Supreme Court ruled Pike had not shown circumstances that would justify commuting her sentence.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Four years after ChatGPT’s launch, the mass layoffs that everyone feared haven’t shown up in the data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Although Dr. Mudd had shown Booth the route they must take, Booth and Herold got lost.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Despite the turmoil and rising interest rates, 2026 is showing the power of profit growth on a good performance in the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The stump of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree is showing "encouraging" signs with a thick ring of new shoots growing around it, three years on from its illegal felling.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Texas is showing faster AI diffusion than tech strongholds in California and Washington state, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Abdullahi spoke about growing up Muslim and the tradition of women showing respect for their husbands and male family members by cooking for them and serving them first.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Growling and showing his teeth, he started getting to his feet.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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