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noun as in public showing; spectacle

Strong matches

affectation, arrangement, blaze, bravura, dash, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, frame-up, frippery, front, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, pedantry, pomp, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity

verb as in show for public viewing, effect

Strongest matches

advertise, boast, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, exhibit, expose, feature, flash, flaunt, illustrate, open, perform, present, promote, publish, represent, reveal, unveil

Strong matches

arrange, bare, betray, brandish, evidence, evince, expand, extend, flourish, glaze, grandstand, impart, manifest, model, parade, promulgate, showcase, sport, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, vamp

Weak matches

bring to view, lay bare, lay out, make clear, make known, open out, set out, show off, spread out, stretch out, trot out

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The Riot Squad, on the other side of the stadium, also remained silent during and displayed a message that read: “We like our Whiskey Neat, and our Land and People Free.”

To celebrate this year's anniversary of Ashe's victory, the Wimbledon Championships have an installation in the International Tennis Centre tunnel and a new museum display about him.

Westinghouse Electric Corp. built one display, a replica of the hull of the atomic-powered Nautilus submarine, with sound effects like an actual submarine at sea.

But backing up that victory to reach the last 16 will probably require an even better display from the British number one on Friday.

The gutting of the government's welfare policy - in a series of panicky U-turns - displayed this in vivid detail.