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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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It will take several days for SpaceX shares to show up in any major index funds, so the offering’s wider impact on the market could play out over the next several weeks or longer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Satellite images show that its command centre in Tehran was damaged by a strike around 4 March, with an adjacent building entirely levelled by the attack.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"We've got three really good games to show everyone what we're all about," he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

If the 37-year-old was sad, she didn’t show it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The room light came on to show Rolf clutching his head with his hands.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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