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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.

Example Sentences

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Chinese audiences have shown they will still embrace the right foreign films, and regulators have demonstrated flexibility when commercial and cultural interests align, Hu said.

From MarketWatch

Because it sits so close to the beginning of caenophidian history, the snake shows an unusual blend of traits that are now scattered across different modern snake groups.

From Science Daily

Photos shared by the agency on social media showed the snow-lined highway littered with boulders and debris and expanses of it buckled and broken.

From Los Angeles Times

Court records show roughly 300 California troops remain under federal control, including 100 of whom were still active in Los Angeles as of earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times

Now read: U.S. economy posted biggest growth spurt in two years, GDP shows.

From MarketWatch