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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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A private gauge of China’s service activity showed expansion at the softest pace in six months, weighed by slowing sales.

From The Wall Street Journal

Firm data show that hires from noncore campuses often perform better than those from core schools, she added.

From The Wall Street Journal

But NHS data already shows average waits of eight years for adults once someone is on a waiting list.

From BBC

Figures obtained by the BBC show more than 57 million doses of unauthorised medication have been confiscated in the UK by government agencies in the last five years.

From BBC

While Korea is "still showing all its deference towards China", it wants to "strengthen its relationships with both Japan and China", Mr Park added.

From BBC