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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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And because the process of making this show was one of pulling so much from my own personal life, there was a moment or two when my name was mentioned in that conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

James Bond really serves as a symbol in the show, a symbol of aspiration, pinnacle of achievement in this industry and also of alpha masculinity and all this kind of stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The premise of the show was something a bit more emotional than that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Really, the heart of the show is the idea of auditioning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Proud to show off to Caesar and Father.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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