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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.

Example Sentences

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Reporters at that comeback show noted that most of his fans were now — horrors! — over 30, with the exception of a 25-year-old who said he attended out of nostalgia.

From Los Angeles Times

He started out with parts in a couple of TV shows in the early 1990s before landing the lead role in “Laws of Gravity.”

From Los Angeles Times

She returned only to have fun on her own terms and show her art.

From Los Angeles Times

The table below shows some of the major stocks that are reporting earnings.

From MarketWatch

There are other ways strain and uncertainty felt by consumers may show up in the survey about tax refunds.

From MarketWatch