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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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And yet the show also pulls from Wicks’ background in dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“Fringe is the only place I can put up my ridiculous, category-blending comedy and count on an enthusiastic audience to show up,” said Vigeant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“What makes this different from, say, ‘Game of Thrones,’ is it’s a much smaller world … It was important for us to show the relationship between him and Egg, who is watching from the stands.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Ultimately, that’s the space where the show resides.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Apparently my real ignorance began to show; after a while Lieutenant Rahms stopped making notes of my hopelessly stupid answers.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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