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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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Then, in 1913, he blithely sent the work off to an upstart exhibition in New York City, the Armory Show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

A team at Bank of America led by chief strategist, Michael Hartnett offered a few ideas in their weekly Flow Show note to clients released Friday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

He has this track record, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report,” but also “Modern Family.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

A month after Simpson was acquitted, Trump went on The Howard Stern Show and said he was likely framed.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“How we used to film the Janna Yusuf Show every Sunday? This episode we called ‘Clean vs.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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