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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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"I want to show how high the temperature goes here, and what it is like to live in this condition," said Abhishek, a 21-year-old student.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

The Prince of Wales declared he paid £7.76m tax over the same period, the figures in the annual royal report and accounts show.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Yet there’s also a group of songs and show tunes deeply concerned with representing our country and our values at specific times in our history, especially in regards to social-justice and civil-rights issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

“The evidence is going to show it’s not the voice and actions of a man who started a fire,” Haney said, “it’s the voice and actions of a man trying to stop a fire.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Archbishop Spellman has a medal for Joey too—the eponymous Spellman Medal, given to those who show great “Christian fortitude and concern for fellow sufferers.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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