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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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The crowd roared its approval Monday evening when Boise Mayor Lauren McLean’s decision to continue to fly a Pride flag outside of Boise’s City Hall was alluded to, despite another new Idaho law banning such a display.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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The fire badly damaged the inside of the large room that is often used for entertaining crowds and art displays.—
Marc Levy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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An old John Lennon demo was transformed into a complete song by isolating his vocals (and George Harrison’s guitar tone) and combining that with new recordings from the rest of the living band.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Microsoft’s demo used the very good example of a deep reasoning agent that can develop a response to a complex and unstructured RFP, which would not have been possible using an agentic workflow.—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Most significantly, the wealthy Ratliff family (played on the show by Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, and co), were recast as President Donald Trump and his family, in a riff on the current tariff situation.—
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, pastel purple is very much a show stopper in nail design.—
Celeste Polanco,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Demonstration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstration. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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