: 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.
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Its 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.
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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
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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
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“Showpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showpiece. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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showpiece
noun
show·piece
ˈshō-ˌpēs 
: a very fine example used for exhibition
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