: a prime or outstanding example used for exhibition
Examples of showpiece in a Sentence
The museum's showpiece is a painting by Picasso.
The house is an architectural showpiece.
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On the face of it, not much happens here; there are gradations in mood, like light changing over the course of a day, along with a seeping of details about Rose’s past, but the drama is kept corralled for the final showpiece.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Tucked away on a double bluff-top parcel spanning over an acre, the modern showpiece was completed in 2008.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Those in the Southern Hemisphere, however, were able to watch the comet evolve into a spectacular celestial showpiece.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Tucked away on a double bluff-top parcel spanning over an acre, the modern showpiece was completed in 2008.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Those in the Southern Hemisphere, however, were able to watch the comet evolve into a spectacular celestial showpiece.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for showpiece
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“Showpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showpiece. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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showpiece
noun
show·piece
ˈshō-ˌpēs 
: a very fine example used for exhibition
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