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display

[dih-splay] / 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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“My neighbors are always excited to see what I add to my display each year,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Unlike other former Chinese leaders, his embalmed body is placed on public display there, drawing tens of thousands of visitors every day.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

It serves as a portal into McGee’s artistic life: Framed messages, photographs of friends, colorful, textile-inspired imagery and his father’s sketches of cars on napkins are grouped together in a bold display.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Another possible explanation involves aposematism, a defensive strategy in which animals display conspicuous colors to advertise that they are poisonous or otherwise dangerous.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

He went back down the other corridor to the room where the book had been on display.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

By the first half of 2026, Meta accounted for 94 percent of worldwide shipments of A.I. glasses without displays.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The language on the Bulletin’s About Us page displays markers of artificial intelligence such as generic mission statements, polished but repetitive phrasing and vague claims about journalistic standards with no details about the publication’s staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

Too many musicals, particularly on Broadway, feel machine-tooled and market-tested—singing and dancing displays of familiar IP, to use today’s jargon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Some western and central forests were showing stronger early signs of autumn colour, although this does not necessarily mean they will have the most vibrant displays later in the season.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

I was directed to an area on the outer edge of the displays with other exhibitors of propulsion projects.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

The Oschin Center seeks to tackle that question head-on by displaying a genuine space potty, extracted from the Endeavour herself and displayed in a glass case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

During this REM-like stage, the spiders displayed characteristic eye movements and muscle twitches.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

“I would like people to think of this as a funny little museum,” she told People magazine in 2018, referring to the expansive collection of antiques and vintage finds she had displayed in the home.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Born in 1948, young Vincent displayed an early passion for track and field at his Arizona high school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

It’s not that Bobby rejected the studiousness displayed by his sister and mother.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The Oschin Center seeks to tackle that question head-on by displaying a genuine space potty, extracted from the Endeavour herself and displayed in a glass case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

They are just as shameless as the retailers who, earlier and earlier every year, start displaying their Christmas merchandise.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

But it also elicited backlash from a camp who did not think the pair were displaying proper mastery of, or reverence for, flamenco history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

This unusual combination allows altermagnets to support electrical currents with strongly polarized electron spins while also displaying extremely rapid magnetic dynamics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The houses on my street were decorated with bright holiday lights, displaying their glowing Santas and candy canes, but it still felt like Diego and I were alone in the world.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson


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