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display

[dih-spley] / dɪˈspleɪ /




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Display applies to intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. 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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But many worry the church and other locations across the region that display bronze artwork will continue to be targeted.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

The iPhone Duo’s “impressive display of features” also sets Apple up for potential volume upsides on a premium offering, he wrote in a note this month.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

The charity has told BBC News NI there are no immediate plans to change the display.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

At one community for solo entrepreneurs in Hangzhou called Honghub, this search for autonomy is on full display.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Besides, Lisa-Marie Anne currently has a full schedule of gazing adoringly at my brother over the canned tuna display at the general store.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Those displays helped turn Diplodocus into an international symbol of paleontology and one of the most familiar dinosaurs in popular culture.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Its turnaround efforts have included more prominent displays of things like trading cards and toys.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

The storyline is inscrutable, but Walters displays real range, gazing forlornly in the rain, hurling dishes at a wall, grinning and giving high-fives when a family takes him bowling.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

He can bat near the top or bottom of the order, displays power and speed, and had improved his patience at the plate enough to earn a career-high 45 walks in 128 games.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

However, if he was frightening or impressing fellow Slytherins with displays of Parseltongue in their common room, no hint of it reached the staff.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Known as The Flying Kangaroo for the logo displayed on its tail fin and elsewhere, Qantas has already scheduled its first nonstop Sydney-to-London flight for October 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

He flagged that Meta’s AI models have displayed large leaps in capabilities in just a few months.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

It was Higgins' first List-A hundred and it will live long in the memory for Middlesex supporters fortunate enough to watch it as he displayed character, graft and no shortage of skill.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

She faced backlash for the repost and later clarified in a three-part statement that she took issue with the imagery Macklemore displayed during his performance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Its second rising displayed a more elaborately prepared scene than the last.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Also displaying massive versatility is Summer Severin, who, in addition to being an ensemble swing member, serves as dance captain and understudies the role of Marlena.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

The practice has alarmed de la Espriella’s political opponents and human-rights groups, who accuse him of displaying the dead as trophies and violating international rules that prohibit desecrating those killed in operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Cancer cells within the same tumor can differ considerably from one another, and some can stop displaying the molecular marker that a treatment was designed to recognize.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks that would define his presidency, George W. Bush, now an avid painter, is displaying 16 pieces of art inspired by the tragic events.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

I took off out the door, leaving it open wide, displaying the wreckage of scattered clothing and footwear I’d left behind in my hurry to catch up to Annie Altman.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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