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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Jenner put her slim frame on display in a mirror selfie for another snapshot, sporting a black crop top and matching leggings.
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Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 17 Nov. 2025
And even after its vast 2021 donation, the family retains a sizeable private collection, some of which is on display at the Samsung-run Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, where the family continues its collecting legacy.
—Christy Choi, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
The home crowd’s displeasure was on display the night before Harrison’s termination, in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
One of the Renaissance’s finest illuminated manuscripts is on display in the Italian senate for the Vatican’s Jubilee celebrations.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 17 Nov. 2025
And even after its vast 2021 donation, the family retains a sizeable private collection, some of which is on display at the Samsung-run Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, where the family continues its collecting legacy.
—Christy Choi, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
The home crowd’s displeasure was on display the night before Harrison’s termination, in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
One of the Renaissance’s finest illuminated manuscripts is on display in the Italian senate for the Vatican’s Jubilee celebrations.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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“On display.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20display. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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