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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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Further down, a picture of Rowan Atkinson in full Blackadder garb catches the eye as the paper reveals "A cunning plan" to revive the classic 1980s historical comedy as a live show.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Obviously, this is a crazy sci-fi superhero show, but that feels more authentic to life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Decisions like that across the economy show America’s appetite for consumption is expanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He urged Governor Bill Lee to show leniency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

“How about we play our first show first?”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Sofiyka shows her mother a picture of a blobfish in a book about fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

They press vinyl to sell at shows, and it gets into the hands of disc jockeys at ever-larger radio stations with an increasing number of watts behind their broadcasts.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

It shows that the Ames crater could not have formed during the Ordovician Meteor Event.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Sheeran carried on with his tour, but it hit another snag when his shows at Gillette Stadium last weekend were canceled “due to severe weather warnings” in the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The akrafena shows no sign of stopping—it continues to carry us higher and higher.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Still, the speed of the response showed that even light activity can produce an immediate and measurable increase in gut motility.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

A fourth person approached an officer at the scene and showed a laceration to his elbow, police confirmed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

His route showed loops suspended over open water in the eastern Mediterranean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Aston Martin finally showed some signs of life and Alonso made sure to capitalise.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

I was going to be the best of the best someday, commander in chief, but today’s simulation showed just how far I still had to go to get there.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Our findings show this for mountain ash, and other studies in North America have shown this for conifer forests.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Our reporting has shown the relative ease with which people — some with questionable backgrounds — founded their own schools in unusual places.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Yet, the Roadster, first shown almost a decade ago, was delayed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Through it all, Mr. Noseda, age 62, has shown remarkable self-possession and no small amount of good humor in his public statements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Because the bare bulb hanging in the hallway has shown me that it’s not him.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The new work builds on earlier research from Ruprecht showing that embryos can use epithelial tissues to cooperatively remove dying cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

The schoolgirl was named a Games MVP on Sunday to cap an extraordinary showing that saw her scorch to gold in the 200m butterfly and do the 200m-400m individual medley double.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

“No words,” she wrote in a Facebook post showing her son with the MVP plaque.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Friday’s strong showing for stocks has helped to revive some of investors’ flagging optimism, hinting at further gains ahead in the fourth quarter, said Jose Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

I’ve been dreaming of showing Coach P. how much I’ve been practicing.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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