on exhibit
idiom
: being publicly shown in an exhibition
The photographs are on exhibit in the museum's west wing.
The painting went on exhibit last week.
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Various props used in the movie are on exhibit at the Dylan Center.
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Also on exhibit is the front cockpit of a Vultee BT-13 Valiant, one of the base's main training aircraft.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2025
Iowa’s official butter sculptor, Sarah Pratt, will create a butter bovine in Washington, D.C., this summer to be on exhibit from Aug. 13, 2025, to Aug. 13, 2026, as part of the United States’ 250th anniversary at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
—Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
The images are so evocative and nostalgic, a plan was devised to put a selection of Dogma photos on exhibit and for sale at the famed Morrison Hotel Gallery’s high-profile outposts, in New York City’s SoHo and in Los Angeles within West Hollywood’s Sunset Marquis Hotel.
—Scott Huver, People.com, 27 June 2025
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Also on exhibit is the front cockpit of a Vultee BT-13 Valiant, one of the base's main training aircraft.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2025
Iowa’s official butter sculptor, Sarah Pratt, will create a butter bovine in Washington, D.C., this summer to be on exhibit from Aug. 13, 2025, to Aug. 13, 2026, as part of the United States’ 250th anniversary at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
—Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
The images are so evocative and nostalgic, a plan was devised to put a selection of Dogma photos on exhibit and for sale at the famed Morrison Hotel Gallery’s high-profile outposts, in New York City’s SoHo and in Los Angeles within West Hollywood’s Sunset Marquis Hotel.
—Scott Huver, People.com, 27 June 2025
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“On exhibit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20exhibit. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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