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showy

[shoh-ee] / ˈʃoʊ i /


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This year the clamor is louder, more aggressive, and tinged with showy economic threats.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

Obviously, it got more aggressive and became more of a huge, showy, crazy, overstimulating thing as it, as it moved its way over to the States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

While much of today’s advances are less showy, focused on things like energy efficiency and reducing elevator wait-times, some of what the industry is working on may yet produce a few gasps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

Tahini has a kind of quiet luxury to it — less sweet than nut butters, less showy, with a soft, earthy depth that can tip, just slightly, into bitterness in a way that feels intentional.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026

Vonetta, who is loud and showy, showy and crowy, had to swallow her words.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Brecken Branstrator, the editor-in-chief of GemGuide, a gem-price data platform, said the “quiet luxury” trend may be giving way to showier offerings.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Yes: Alcaraz is the faster, showier player, capable of mad sprints to pull out improbable winners, but Sinner’s developed real range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025

Maybe it’s happiest tucked into a cast-iron skillet, going golden and jammy while the showier types preen in their baskets.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025

However, Stone has the showier role as Poor Things' charming protagonist Bella Baxter, while Gladstone's dignified and resilient Molly Kyle in Flower Moon is a more understated part that enjoys considerably less screen time.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

While not yet as celebrated as the showier and more populated east side, the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park has rugged charm.

From Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park by United States. Dept. of the Interior

The biggest music stars and the showiest productions are enjoying broad popularity right now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

In this sense, Youngelson’s film is not formally spectacular and doesn’t necessarily pack the showiest emotional wallop.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

Liquids are a compelling reason to explore the new restaurant, which features some winning cocktails, the showiest of which, To Mule or Not to Mule, arrives in a horn-shaped glass.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022

He stepped into passing lanes on back-to-back plays in the fourth quarter for breakaway highlight dunks, the showiest moments of another efficient 14-for-21 shooting night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

Everyone, meanwhile, appears to be blending into a classless crowd, shedding the showiest kinds of high-status clothes in favor of a jeans-and-sweatsuit informality.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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