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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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“Lord of the Flies” was a glorious show to make.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

By ten years in, The Fellowship itself had begun donating to the schools, tax records show.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Satellite imagery seen by the BBC show that construction has continued at the airbase despite the court halting it.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In one of her last messages, email records show, she told an aide she expected more help than the mayor’s office was offering.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

His derby hat rested on his knee, turned up to show the puckered-silk lining.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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