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.

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The first, a 42-meter-long, 4,600-year-old wooden vessel, is now on display. Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025 Like many bathroom accessories out on display, bath sheets an extension of decor. Jasmine Desiree, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025 Those qualities are on display in Todd Snyder’s fall campaign, which debuted today and features the Tony Award winning performer in a variety of looks from formal to city chic. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025 Dorothy Clare made a small-scale model of each stone so Beck could test out different arrangements, which is now on display in the property's visitor center. Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on display

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“On display.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20display. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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