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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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The reunion show also gives Mis-Teeq the chance to tap into the wave of nineties and noughties nostalgia that's found its way into TikTok and Instagram feeds.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The company continues to show it is the manufacturing backbone of the AI era.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Now rate cuts are on hold, and as the rise in wholesale prices show, there’s still plenty of inflation in the guts of the economy that’s likely to show up later in the year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The record will show the Spurs scored 41 points in the first quarter and 76 points by halftime—and then 30 points the rest of the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She had friends that lived near the swamps, and she’d have them show us around.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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