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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Works by more than 70 artists and 40 galleries will also be on display at the Fuze art exhibit, where more workshops and sip-and-paint classes will take place.
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Rochelle Oliver, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 July 2025
That was on display against the Sox, especially during Sunday’s series finale.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
The ever-changing portraits on display in the Sun Room communicated this idea without any words of translation.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
While the Sopwith Camel on display may be an icon of early military planes, it is joined and surrounded by the hard reality of the time.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
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Rochelle Oliver, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 July 2025
That was on display against the Sox, especially during Sunday’s series finale.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
The ever-changing portraits on display in the Sun Room communicated this idea without any words of translation.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
While the Sopwith Camel on display may be an icon of early military planes, it is joined and surrounded by the hard reality of the time.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
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“On display.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20display. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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