: 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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After India beat Australia by four wickets in the semifinal, tickets to the showpiece sold out at the 25,000 capacity Emirates venue within 40 minutes.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The reward for that would be a match against either New Caledonia or Tahiti three days later at Eden Park for a direct ticket to the 2026 showpiece in North America.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
As the name suggests, the showpiece of this version of the Freak goes beyond the flying carrousel movement.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025
Many of the action showpieces revolve not around Fok, but rather MC Cheung’s young and agile cop Lee, who came up under the inspector’s mentorship and continues to take down bad guys the old-fashioned way.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The reward for that would be a match against either New Caledonia or Tahiti three days later at Eden Park for a direct ticket to the 2026 showpiece in North America.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
As the name suggests, the showpiece of this version of the Freak goes beyond the flying carrousel movement.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025
Many of the action showpieces revolve not around Fok, but rather MC Cheung’s young and agile cop Lee, who came up under the inspector’s mentorship and continues to take down bad guys the old-fashioned way.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Showpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showpiece. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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showpiece
noun
show·piece
ˈshō-ˌpēs 
: a very fine example used for exhibition
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