on display
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: 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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That includes 100,000 artifacts, one of which will be the famed tomb of King Tutankhamun; the entire collection of Tut’s tomb will be on display for the first time since its discovery back in 1922.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Laser equipment was on display, too, alongside a 200-foot tape measure.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
There’s a lot of hubris on display within the story of Alien: Earth, especially as Boy Kavalier keeps putting his amazing new scientific breakthrough at risk because he’s fascinated by the dangerous cargo that crash landed in his backyard.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
The benefits of that were on display at Summer League.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Laser equipment was on display, too, alongside a 200-foot tape measure.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
There’s a lot of hubris on display within the story of Alien: Earth, especially as Boy Kavalier keeps putting his amazing new scientific breakthrough at risk because he’s fascinated by the dangerous cargo that crash landed in his backyard.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
The benefits of that were on display at Summer League.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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“On display.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20display. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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