display
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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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These can visually display data inside the specs' lenses.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Its species also display an unusually wide range of photosynthetic strategies, from conventional C3 photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide is absorbed during the day, to very strong CAM.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The much-anticipated IPO was initially planned for next month, but the company wanted to be able to put its third-quarter financial results on display for investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Some of this conversation is self-serving strategy, since winning on “Big Brother” and similar competition shows that employ social elements requires people to display loyalty to other players until that loyalty has outlived its purpose.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2021
His display of beloved human books looked as haggard as Clare felt, and more decorative than anything, for he had long ago memorized their every word.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
In the meantime, a temporary exhibition displays highlights of Viking Age archaeological finds at the Museum of Cultural History.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
New tech and store features have been installed, including interactive electronic-instrument displays with instructions for customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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
I made a quick inspection of their displays and was relieved to find that none of them approached the sophistication of the BCMA’s designs.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Books in English and Mandarin are displayed for children at a dual language Head Start program at Hillcrest Elementary School in Monterey Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
So Mensah went to Tulane, where he displayed an astonishing knack for accuracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Shortly after that happened, the message "no further action" was displayed on the timing screens and television coverage over the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
He flagged that Meta’s AI models have displayed large leaps in capabilities in just a few months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Civil rights advocates pursued their own agendas as unelected representatives of communities defined by race and displayed considerable skill navigating courtrooms and halls of power across America.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Police have handed out hundreds of leaflets and used an advertising van displaying her photograph in Piccadilly Gardens as they continue efforts to find her.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
Theo has already been displaying works by Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, and others in the gallery.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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