Thesaurus results for MAKE A SHOW

make a show

phrase

as in pretend

to take on a false or deceptive appearance She made a show of addressing the whole audience, rather than a few like-minded folk.

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Recent Examples of make a show In the summer of 2025, immigration agents, dressed in tactical gear and riding on horses and in armored vehicles, made a show of force through MacArthur Park trying to strike fear into the immigrant community. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Auction sales topped $100 million last year, records have tumbled, and Christie’s and Sotheby’s have both made a show of the category in London this summer. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Turned off by the meagre roles that Hollywood had for them, the friends decided to make a show for laughs, about three twentysomething actors trying to make it in Los Angeles. — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Daemon charged his queen with making a show of strength for all the realm to see, and her response is to once again visit the High Septon and beg for an anointing. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 And despite making a show of clashing with the Pentagon over concerns about the safe deployment of its AI systems, Anthropic also let the military use its Claude AI to select targets in Iran. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026 To celebrate what makes a show like this — real collaboration, real joy, real family, falling down and getting back up. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 31 July 2026 Hegseth even made a show of taking Kid Rock on an Apache flight afterward. — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 Great casting can make a show that much more revealing, and the guys walking it can help sell the fantasy on offer. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 3 July 2026

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make believe

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So in this case, let’s make believe in some timeline that didn’t happen and my wife got a manicure that day.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 29 July 2026

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