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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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Should court outcomes go against the platforms, everything from the way platforms display user engagement to who they allow on the platforms could change.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 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

On display outside the building were seven rows of rocket launchers fresh off the factory floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

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

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




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