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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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She says she was not told about his previous conviction and only found out after the show ended.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Married at First Sight Australia stars say the show left them feeling unsafe and unprotected because their on-screen partners had criminal pasts which they were not told about, a BBC investigation can reveal.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

As one of the first black women to host an alternative radio show in the UK, Sophie says fans "should be thanking Linkin Park for choosing a queer woman to front their band".

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Other key aspects to emerge from the confab could show points of contention within the FOMC.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“All right. You guys ready to go play our very first show or what, then?”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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