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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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"This one in particular did not show any evidence of rotation, which was surprising and very interesting," Forrest said.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Zhu had previously listed the Sugar Springs Drive address as collateral for bail, court records show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Eight names of the killed soldiers are inscribed in one column, close-up photos of the east wall show.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Typically the Biennale is an escapist refuge where dozens of countries show off their homegrown artists in pavilions and palazzos citywide.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She turns her phone to show us a photo of a long-haired black dog with a tuft of white hair on his chest.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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