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for show
adjective as in exposed
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adjective as in ornamental
adverb as in ostensibly
noun as in display
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noun as in panoply
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- act
- affectation
- arrangement
- blaze
- bravura
- dash
- demonstration
- example
- exhibit
- exhibition
- expo
- exposition
- exposure
- fanfare
- flourish
- frame-up
- frippery
- front
- layout
- manifestation
- ostentation
- ostentatiousness
- pageant
- panorama
- parade
- pedantry
- pomp
- presentation
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- revelation
- sample
- scheme
- shine
- show
- showboat
- spectacle
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- spread
- unfolding
- vanity
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Example Sentences
While some of the rhetoric is “just for show,” Neumann added, Trump and his allies are also laying the groundwork for the “next version of ‘Stop the Steal.’”
News releases touting cross-border law enforcement collaboration, she said, were mostly for show.
When Bobby Locke coined his immortal phrase 'drive for show, putt for dough', it was just another flag the great South African planted in the story of golf.
The antennae sprouting from ants’ heads aren’t just for show.
The ship’s captain, Vukota Stojanovic, later insisted that none of it was for show.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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