display
verb (used with object)
to show or exhibit; make visible.
have displayed
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present perfectof display.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yet scholars deem Baldwin to have displayed many admirable leadership qualities—magnanimity, political astuteness, trustworthiness—and he was successful by his own lights, having passed reforms in housing and pensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Third-year pros Kinchens and McCollough have displayed ball-hawking skills during their careers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
It said in a separate statement that "a number of guests and crew onboard Ambition have displayed or are displaying symptoms consistent with gastrointestinal illness".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
You were appointed to this role, I presume, because you have displayed skills and character traits that instilled confidence in the grantor — the person who set up this trust.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026
There are answers to these questions, but they are difficult to swallow when millions of Americans have displayed a willingness to elect a black man president of the United States.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
