British
as in demonstration
a mass meeting for the purpose of displaying or arousing support for a cause or person a demo to support the Prime Minister

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Recent Examples of demo Notoriously indifferent to anyone on the wrong side of the 25-54 demo, advertisers eat this stuff up with a spork. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025 During the last demo, SpaceX captured the booster at the launch pad, but the spacecraft blew up several minutes later over the Atlantic. Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025 Like the spacecraft, the demo satellites won’t reach orbit and will also land in the ocean after flying on a similar trajectory as Starship. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025 Folks like Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Nate Dogg — who were part of a trio dubbed 213, the Long Beach area code at the time — famously cut their first demo there. Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for demo

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“Demo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demo. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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