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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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Mark Vigeant will appear in three shows, including his comedic solo show “Out There,” before it travels to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Not only is the rise of autocratic leaders “objectively bad for the world,” he adds, but the feeling that the show “didn’t go far enough” is also “unsettling,” to put it lightly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“What makes this different from, say, ‘Game of Thrones,’ is it’s a much smaller world … It was important for us to show the relationship between him and Egg, who is watching from the stands.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

From there, “You Must be Here for the Reading” becomes a show heavy on audience participation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“So… why did you show it to me?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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