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showpiece
A showpiece is:
* An accomplishment which is worthy of display and admiration:
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* English Wikipedia's 1,000,000th qualified article, Jordanhill railway station, was called a "''showpiece'' of parallel collaboration."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Wikipedia (English) Hits 1,000,000 articles )〕
* An outstanding example of a type:
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* Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, British Columbia is considered a ''showpiece'' garden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Beacon Hill Park )〕
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* The Green Mountain College organic garden with many heirloom plantings has become a campus ''showpiece.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Organic Garden )〕
* A performance or composition which provides an opportunity for the display of a particular skill:
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* The Dying Swan was ballerina Anna Pavlova's ''showpiece''.
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* Luciano Berio's ''Sequenza XII'' is a ''showpiece'' for bassoon.
* A work of art or theatrical production presented for exhibition:
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* In 1994, choreographer Jerome Robbins created a ''showpiece'' for the School of American Ballet based on composer Johann Sebastian Bach's ''Two and Three Part Inventions.''
* In the satiric sense, a ''showpiece'' is a charade, a mockery, an empty or absurd pretense.
==See also==
* Pièce de résistance
* Showcase (disambiguation)
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