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displaying

verb

present participle of display
1
as in exhibiting
to present so as to invite notice or attention display the best items at the front of the showcase

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2
as in showing
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs an actress who can display a great range of emotion

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Recent Examples of displaying The general plan is to create the museum in the center of the first floor, potentially displaying antique cars owned by the city, along with photographs and paintings. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 State and county regulations prohibit such businesses from selling more than 90 meals per week, displaying physical signage on their front lawns to advertise or serving food that was prepared the day prior, even if stored properly. — Lauren Ng, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Steinbach shoots other aspects of nature as well, displaying a particular fondness for the images of plants and trees reflected in shimmering bodies of water. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Earlier this year, two band members were banned from Singapore for displaying the Palestinian flag onstage during a concert. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026 And Mahomes, displaying no ill effects from the injury, passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The police investigated him in June for displaying a weapon, but the county attorney’s office decided not to file any charges. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 For Hudson artist and UW-Stout junior Broden Decker, the gallery is about more than displaying art. — Derek James, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Originally designed to organize individual pieces of metal type for printing, these wooden trays feature dozens of compartments of varying sizes and are perfectly suited for displaying your most treasured trinkets. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for displaying
  1. exhibiting
  2. showing
  3. flashing
  4. revealing
  5. exposing
  6. demonstrating
  7. unveiling
  8. producing
Verb
  • Also exhibiting will be the International Salon for Audiovisual Content (SICA), a burgeoning trade fair and business hub that takes place every year in Ivory Coast.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The dress will be unveiled at Sotheby’s London on September 18 and displayed until September 24, before exhibiting in Hong Kong from October 1 to 15, in Geneva from November 6 to 11, and in New York from December 2.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhibiting
Verb
  • Just a twenty‑page pamphlet by Guy Wyser‑Pratte, one of the earliest practitioners, which mostly gestured at concepts rather than showing how to apply them.
    — Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The decision comes on the heels of a new UCLA study showing thefts of the automakers’ most vulnerable models will probably plague Los Angeles for years to come.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • And that economic risk could come at a time when warning lights are already flashing.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Linde's electronics end market, 10% of revenue, is already flashing signs of a strong breakout, surging 18% year-over-year and 7% sequentially, as of the second quarter .
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of flashing
Verb
  • That changed in 2013, when a small, dark body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus passed in front of a star and blinked twice on either side of the main event, revealing two narrow rings around an object barely 250 kilometers across.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Long before the serial killings, Puente publicly claimed to have adopted them — revealing her desperate need for attention and a compulsion to lie.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of revealing
Verb
  • Alibaba alone accounted for more than 151 million Claude interactions, while Anthropic said Moonshot and DeepSeek sometimes routed their own users’ queries to Claude without their knowledge, potentially exposing sensitive information.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • For a financial transaction, that might mean exposing transaction state explicitly, requiring an idempotency key so the same instruction can’t execute twice, and separating the permission to prepare an order from the permission to submit it.
    — Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • The findings therefore point specifically to an association with birthweight rather than demonstrating that rare earth exposure causes restricted fetal growth.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Yet there remains a sense of remove in the production’s perpetual excitement at demonstrating just how well its own analog works.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of demonstrating
Verb
  • Veronica Beard, which launched in 2010 with its signature Dickey Jacket, is unveiling Blazer Atelier, an homage to the brand’s roots and a nod to a new direction.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After a decade-long gap, the Diane von Furstenberg line returned to New York Fashion Week with Zankov unveiling his first collection as artistic director for the brand.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of unveiling
Verb
  • Out of the more than 7,000 wine-producing châteaus in the region, 21 were highlighted by Michelin despite not earning a grape; then 38 received one, 16 were awarded two, and nine achieved the highest distinction of three.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
  • By contrast, the other oil-producing countries in the Persian Gulf are getting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran’s efforts to scare away shipping with drone and missile attacks.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of producing

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“Displaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displaying. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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