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show

[shoh] / ʃoʊ /










Usage

What are other ways to say show? The noun show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. 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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"It was either this or the show was cancelled, so they wouldn't have seen anything," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

While Nielsen External link data show that Netflix is one of the top viewed streaming platforms, short form video content continues to take screen time away.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The artist’s ceramic works, highly attuned to form and most just a few inches tall, are the focus of a show at the Tang Teaching Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The evidence, he said, would show the fire was caused by fireworks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

I pull out my phone and show her a picture of Mav.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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