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display

[dih-spley] / dɪˈspleɪ /




Usage

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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.

Example Sentences

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The building in the nation's capital that houses the Kennedy Center continues, however, to display Trump's name on its facade for the time being.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Nvidia's Huang signed a memory chip display at the SK hynix booth at the Computex trade show in Taipei, writing: "Please make more".

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The chasm between the Freeway Series rivals was on display in the Dodgers’ 9-2 win against the Angels at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

It was a dazzling display of power on the mound without precedent in the long history of Major League Baseball, leaving everyone in the ballpark stunned by what they had just witnessed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Mr. Elives sighed and shuffled over to the display case.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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