all show
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: an act of pretending to feel a particular way : an act of behaving a certain way in order to make others like or approve of one
Her friendliness is all show.
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Surveys from major institutions—including /Siena College (-11), Pew Research Center (-18), Marist College (-12), Marquette Law School (-14), YouGov/ (-14), Morning Consult (-6), Quinnipiac University (-16) and YouGov/Yahoo News (-14)— all show the president with negative net approval ratings.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The discovery could help explain why attention falters in conditions such as ADHD, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s disease – which all show disrupted gamma activity.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Vigna Ortale, Vigna Laure, and Vigna Serrone all show subtly different interpretations of terroir.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
These observations all show that the social structure of large bat species is more complex than previously thought.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The discovery could help explain why attention falters in conditions such as ADHD, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s disease – which all show disrupted gamma activity.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Vigna Ortale, Vigna Laure, and Vigna Serrone all show subtly different interpretations of terroir.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
These observations all show that the social structure of large bat species is more complex than previously thought.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
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“All show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20show. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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