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as in rally
a mass meeting for the purpose of displaying or arousing support for a cause or person
disgruntled students organized a demonstration to protest the change in university policy
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as in display
an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect
staged a grand demonstration of her love for her husband with a candlelight-and-champagne Valentine's Day dinner
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Recent Examples of demonstration
The conflict is a sustained demonstration of war’s essential inanity.
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Florida The Pensacola News Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported that about a dozen food trucks, grocery stores and restaurants in the Northwest Florida city joined the demonstration Monday.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Festivities include lion and dragon dances, live music, Asian food, calligraphy art demonstration, Asian Story Theater and martial arts demonstrations.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Anti-American demonstrations began at the canal in 1959, when the U.S. ran it as a virtual colony, with its own hospitals, schools, homes, and military bases for some ten thousand American forces and their families.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Florida The Pensacola News Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported that about a dozen food trucks, grocery stores and restaurants in the Northwest Florida city joined the demonstration Monday.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Festivities include lion and dragon dances, live music, Asian food, calligraphy art demonstration, Asian Story Theater and martial arts demonstrations.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Anti-American demonstrations began at the canal in 1959, when the U.S. ran it as a virtual colony, with its own hospitals, schools, homes, and military bases for some ten thousand American forces and their families.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonstration
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Critics argue that waving another country’s flag at a pro-immigrant rally is counterproductive.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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This comes after the white nationalist group vandalized the church in December 2020 during a pro-Trump rally.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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The police sentry box that Banksy emblazoned with piranhas during his nine-day vandalism tour in London last summer is going on permanent display at the new London Museum.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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But the crucial lessons taken from each game is on full display, with Avowed pulling from bits and pieces of nearly everything the studio has ever done.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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Looking Glass Looking Glass has also put together a couple of demo apps to showcase what's possible with iOS devices paired to its displays.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Bachelor opened its Grant Ellis season with 2.7 million viewers and a 0.4 demo rating, down 16% and 20% from Joey Graziadei’s year-ago numbers.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
29 Jan. 2025
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Will those experiences inform how Ash runs the show at Notre Dame?—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Based on previous seasons, the show could premiere four to 14 months after filming concludes.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Demonstration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstration. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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