: a prime or outstanding example used for exhibition
Examples of showpiece in a Sentence
The museum's showpiece is a painting by Picasso.
The house is an architectural showpiece.
Recent Examples on the WebIts newest showpiece is the $200 million paddock, where fans who don’t mind dropping up to $12,000 can dine and watch the horses being saddled before the races.—Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024 At one end of the bright entrance hall, which runs parallel to the front of the house, a door gives way to the building’s showpiece: a dim, sand-hued bedroom that is at once monastic, womblike and glamorous.—Suleman Anaya, New York Times, 3 May 2024 In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invested in building new cultural institutions—including a national showpiece in New Delhi that, when completed, may be the world’s largest museum—that champion a cohesive, Hindu-centric national identity in keeping with the ideology of the ruling party.—Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024 But just over a year on, what is the real sporting legacy for Qatar after soccer's showpiece was staged in the Middle East for the first time?—James Robson, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for showpiece
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