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demonstration

[dem-uhn-stray-shuhn] / ˌdɛm ənˈstreɪ ʃən /




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What started off as a demonstration over the poor state of high schools has expanded to a general frustration, even anger, over how challenging and expensive life has become.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The device represents the first demonstration of a very thin, two-dimensional robot that can move from place to place using living muscle tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

But it was the actions of hundreds of masked youths on the margins of the demonstration that quickly dominated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Just as the organizers had hoped, the demonstration caught the attention of users on X and other social-media platforms, where some contrasted the relatively tame demonstration with the more chaotic protests unfolding in Europe.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The demonstration ended with another short prayer service and then the crowd drifted off slowly, the mourners reluctant to separate on the sorrowful day.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The unrest followed weeks of demonstrations by students campaigning for better learning conditions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The arrests occurred as violence broke out on the margins of mass demonstrations in major cities on Saturday over the high cost of living.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Around 550,000 people took part in last weekend's demonstrations against rising fuel prices and the cost of living, with frustrations escalating after weeks of student protests.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Officials have acknowledged underestimating the scale of the demonstrations and deploying police forces that were too static to contain the unrest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

To these thinkers, Indians were living demonstrations of wholly novel ways of being human—exemplary cases that were mulled over, though rarely understood completely, by countless Europeans.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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