on display

idiom

: put somewhere for people to see : in a display
Autographed baseballs are on display at the show.
Only a few of the artifacts will go on display.

Examples of on display in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Gloria’s hobby is on display in the living room, where a large, five-level shelving unit is filled with house plants of all shapes and sizes. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2024 Be sure to stop by the adjacent Point Vicente Interpretive Center, where the lighthouse’s 1,200-pound Fresnel lens is on display, along with all kinds of information about the Pacific gray whale. Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024 Ultimately, that’s what success will come down to: Will people understand the level of skill and strategy on display and will the competition hold up? J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 9 May 2024 The couple’s bitter breakup was on display during the commission’s evidentiary hearing last year when Clarkson testified that she was never approached by NBC to work on the American version of The Voice before Blackstock reached out to them. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024 Tomorrow’s art leaders today The innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists and designers departing Cranbrook Academy of Art this summer is on display through May 12 at the 2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2024 The splintered dynamic of the port’s board has been on display at recent public meetings. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 Part of the nonprofit Art Vistas’ annual showcase series, students from Alta Vista Elementary School will have their artwork from this year on display. Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024 Many in that heartland fear that the elitism and the arrogance on display last week are indicative of what an America under Democratic governance will look like. Jeff Robbins, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2024

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“On display.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20display. Accessed 15 May. 2024.

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