display
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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Singapore does not allow the public display of foreign national emblems, such as flags, without a permit or exemption.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Many restaurants display Turkish-language menus outside their entrances.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
It was a display of instrumental virtuosity in the spirit of Busby’s hero, Bill Monroe, who had reworked traditional string-band music into a radical fusion of old and new.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dressing rooms are equipped with screens that display styling and sustainability information and also allow customers to request alternative styles and sizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Soon the royal carriage emerged from the castle gates behind me to parade through The Kingdom and display the new queen.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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For example, researchers last year counted more than 1 million different badges, which are digital displays of a worker’s skills and accomplishments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
From the panels to the exhibit hall, I was floored by the number of artists, the collectibles and the displays.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
In a statement, Milei said the measure was in response to "recent displays of hostility against the Argentine republic and Argentines."
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Mosa said Vozinha's World Cup displays showed he deserved the move, acknowledging the signing also carried marketing appeal for Colo Colo.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
By the 1990s, crowds poured into the museum to marvel at the displays of artifacts from the Shinan shipwreck.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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That flag, which so inspired Francis Scott Key, has been displayed at the National Museum of American History since 1964 and housed in its current gallery for 18 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The authority said a section would also remain in Whitby, where it will be displayed at Whitby Museum alongside bones from the original arch.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That term is a reference to how empty seats get displayed on the Ticketmaster platform.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The study examined only packaged foods displayed on grocery store shelves.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
In a packed Brooklyn courtroom, prosecutors displayed Abel’s spy gadgets to the jury.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Separately, Boris Nadezhdin has been convicted of "displaying extremist symbols", a ruling that bars him from collecting signatures for parliamentary elections in September.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Buyers around the world are acquiring fossils for themselves and displaying them in their homes and offices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Around her are patio tables displaying the kind of food the shop carried: pies and cakes, what appear to be stuffed tomatoes, baguettes, sophisticated deli salads, gorgeous hunks of cheese.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
In 2005, Congress passed the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act, which ensures HOAs or similar groups can’t prohibit residents from displaying the U.S. flag on their property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Two police officers, wearing bright green “raid” jackets and displaying their badges and a gun, woke him with a start.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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