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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There were cars on display throughout the paddock and next to the event center building.
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Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Stierli said during the last major government shutdown, from December 2018 to January 2019, an arrowhead on display at an entrance to Shenandoah National Park was stolen.
—Brian Todd, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Other ideas included incorporating kitchen facilities, adding concessions, and keeping an old fire truck on display in the short term.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
The guitar has a hole in it from when one of Chapman’s GMA Dove Awards trophies fell from the top shelf of his studio and landed on the guitar (the trophy itself is also on display alongside his guitar).
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
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Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Stierli said during the last major government shutdown, from December 2018 to January 2019, an arrowhead on display at an entrance to Shenandoah National Park was stolen.
—Brian Todd, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Other ideas included incorporating kitchen facilities, adding concessions, and keeping an old fire truck on display in the short term.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
The guitar has a hole in it from when one of Chapman’s GMA Dove Awards trophies fell from the top shelf of his studio and landed on the guitar (the trophy itself is also on display alongside his guitar).
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
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“On display.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20display. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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