expo

noun

ex·​po ˈek-(ˌ)spō How to pronounce expo (audio)
plural expos

Examples of expo in a Sentence

many of the bigger expos won't fit into the city's relatively small civic center
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There’s a formal orange-tie ball, a giant pumpkin expo, ghost tours, zombie bar crawls, elaborate decoration contests and parades including Big Parade of Little People in Anoka’s quaint red-brick downtown. Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Two of them were on the doors of a reach-in cooler on the expo line and were grabbed by the manager. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025 Taiwan’s biggest defense show, TADTE 2025, was electric with urgency and international presence, but if the forecasts of invasion in 2027 materialize, this could indeed be Taiwan’s last peacetime expo. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025 Alan Richardson, who came to the expo from Utah, is another veteran. Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expo

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of expo was in 1913

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“Expo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expo. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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