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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
New amenities will include live cooking demonstrations and significantly more space.
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
Last year, Columbia student protesters started a wave of campus demonstrations against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
—Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
Leslie’s surgery was part of Dr. Nayak’s live demonstration.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Overall, however, the demonstration was a resounding success.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
Last year, Columbia student protesters started a wave of campus demonstrations against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
—Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
Leslie’s surgery was part of Dr. Nayak’s live demonstration.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Overall, however, the demonstration was a resounding success.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonstration
Noun
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Organizers say more than 200,000 in recent weeks, including big rallies near the heart of Trump country -- Missoula, Montana, and Nampa, Idaho.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Organizers of this weekend's wave of anti-Donald Trump rallies say that over 3 million people turned out at demonstrations nationwide.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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This follows years where the display wasn’t allowed by the National Park Service under then-President Joe Biden.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2025
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From there — after ambling into the box — his abilities were on full display.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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It was initially released as a demo on Newgrounds, the early-internet everything-forum where a slew of artists originated: the madcap animator MeatCanyon, hyperpop producer six impala.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
23 Apr. 2025
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Sikes built the bulk of a demo that day, converting that riff to a programmed steel guitar in some parts of the performance.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
22 Apr. 2025
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Interest in the case has swept the country since then, spurring an array of true crime podcasts, movies, television shows and a host of supporters for both Read and O’Keefe.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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The Guardian newspaper reports that the former Doctor Who star – who appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – gave his opinion of Rowling in answer to questions posed by a group of neurodivergent young adults in ITV’s show The Assembly.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Demonstration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstration. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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