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Definition for shown

adjective as in put on display

adjective as in proved

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Mr Brooke said to jurors that it was "a particularly horrifying case", and they would be shown upsetting material.

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But so far, the market has shown few signs of picking up even as interest rates have crept lower.

Babies who share a bed with their mothers, for example, have been shown to breastfeed longer.

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Drip pricing happens when shoppers are shown an initial price for an item or service on a website, only to find additional fees are revealed later in the checkout process.

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Her face is never clearly shown, to emphasize that Dorothy is merely a useful but clueless pawn in the political machinations of Oz.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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