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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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The replica included a podium on one side with wood paneled furniture flanked by gold curtains to display where lawmakers would traditionally sit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

This display is described as a “tiny slice” of the Huntington’s archive on Otis Reed “Dock” Marston, a historian and river runner who made it his life’s goal to collect information on the Colorado River.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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 idea behind this display, Shindell says, "is to engage visitors to recent things that happened in space and what could happen next".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

This one held a dazzling display of birthday cakes, in many styles and flavors.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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