: 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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Now the contemporary showpiece has surfaced for sale in the rural Los Angeles County community of Topanga Canyon for the first time in over three decades with a $2.5 million price tag.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
Apart from my mostly picky performance cons, this TV is a showpiece in every sense.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
Armstrong had allowed Mellow Johnny's to use it as a showpiece in the store.
—Ford McCracken, Austin American-Statesman, 4 June 2024
But his chapter on the Iran-Iraq War is a masterful showpiece in a book that is on balance edifying and fair-minded.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
Apart from my mostly picky performance cons, this TV is a showpiece in every sense.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
Armstrong had allowed Mellow Johnny's to use it as a showpiece in the store.
—Ford McCracken, Austin American-Statesman, 4 June 2024
But his chapter on the Iran-Iraq War is a masterful showpiece in a book that is on balance edifying and fair-minded.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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“Showpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showpiece. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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showpiece
noun
show·piece
ˈshō-ˌpēs 
: a very fine example used for exhibition
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