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 But their loving, attentive mother soon began displaying signs of schizophrenia. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026 The contacts page uses a table view by default, displaying useful information about deals, contact type, and priority level. — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026 Ruddy contender to Mars The Scorpion's brightest star is the first magnitude Antares, displaying a reddish hue. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 June 2026 The lower levels, meanwhile, hold a movie theater displaying a wall dedicated to Heigl’s knitting hobby, plus a spa wing with a sauna and a multihead steam shower finished in honeycomb onyx. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 2 July 2026 Hiring slowed markedly in June, falling short of economists' expectations and displaying a wobbly labor market amid elevated inflation set off by the Iran war. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026 But like many other Venezuelans, I am riveted by the pictures of endless rubble, of buildings whose facades have collapsed, displaying the rooms inside like dioramas of life before disaster. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 On July 1, two people were arrested after reaching the top of the iconic New York City building, displaying a banner and appearing to stage a proposal. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Our fear resurfaced days ago on the one-month anniversary, when another alert was issued after a man circled the Islamic Center pretending to possess an explosive device while displaying a Nazi flag. — Tazheen Nizam, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for displaying
  1. exhibiting
  2. showing
  3. flashing
  4. revealing
  5. exposing
  6. demonstrating
  7. unveiling
  8. producing
Verb
  • Located on the first and second floors of Chelsea Arts Tower, the 9,228-square-foot property was designed for exhibiting large-scale contemporary art.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
  • Hospital staff reportedly told them Vincent was exhibiting agonal breathing, an involuntary reflex that can occur near death.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of exhibiting
Verb
  • The idea was to reflect girlhood through different periods of American history, showing the changes and similarities in books and their accompanying dolls and historically accurate outfits.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • What started as a small barbecue competition with 12 teams has become a 44-year tradition with more than 100 teams showing up and showing out at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • With some flashing lights, this thing flying around in the sky would cause quite a commotion.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • The kart base is fitted with a Lego nose, sidepods and rear wing, as well as functioning flashing lights on the rear of the kart that can be used in the rain.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of flashing
Verb
  • During a 2019-20 artist residency with New York City’s Department of Records and Information Services, Weist mined municipal archives for records revealing how city government had defined, supported and monitored past artists.
    — Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The loss of those Xbox employees is in addition to the Xbox 1,600 staffers who will be laid off this week, per Sharma’s memo to staff revealing the changes.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026
Definition of revealing
Verb
  • But instead of slipping into fixer mode, reflect on what the situation is exposing to you about an emotional pattern.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • Beijing’s primary and secondary schools are offering AI instruction each academic year, exposing kids to topics ranging from chatbot use to AI ethics.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • Kyiv has also stepped up long-range drone and missile strikes inside Russia, targeting energy, military and logistics infrastructure, demonstrating the progress Ukraine has made in developing domestic strike capabilities.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Boston Consulting Group suggests CEO hopefuls start cultivating a social media presence and demonstrating the ability to represent a company at least five years before expecting to take the top job.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of demonstrating
Verb
  • The victory coincided with Liverpool FC unveiling its memorial to Jota and his brother André Silva, who also died in the same single-car accident on July 3, 2025.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • America's 250th anniversary on July 4th is sparking a nationwide culinary celebration, with eateries unveiling special, patriotic menu items.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of unveiling
Verb
  • Instead of producing energy from heat, as with the radiothermal generators found on deep-space probes like Voyager 2, the NanoTritium system generates electricity directly.
    — David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
  • Tired of spending his days simply delighting in psychological torture and revenge, Lestat publicly chases the life of a famous rock star, writing and producing an album and performing in a cross-country tour while maintaining a fake vampire persona.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
Definition of producing

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