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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fair showing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a reasonable or adequate performance or display in a particular context, such as a competition or presentation.
Example: "Despite the challenges, the team made a fair showing at the tournament, impressing the judges with their skills."
Alternatives: "a decent performance" or "an adequate display".
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Helmut Lang has a fair showing, but not of the designer's signature multi-straps.
Its drugs sales are three times Celltech's; jointly, the two can make a fair showing.
Also, there's a fair showing of chilli in this dish, but those who are less keen on heat can leave both lots out and will still have a yummy supper.
Writing Britain gives it a fair showing, with Jane Austen, Matthew Arnold, Alan Bennett, John Fowles, Graham Greene, Ian McEwan and Daljit Nagra (Look We Have Coming to Dover!).
Flores nearly climbed out of the basement with a fair showing in the time trial Saturday, but he had enough of a lead -- or deficit -- to outlast Arvis Piziks, a Latvian with CSC, by 55 seconds.
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There is a disproportionately high turnout of South African artists and fewer Nigerian than one might expect, plus a fair show of women.
I used to live in a shitty village that had a fun fair show up once a year.
We also see an excerpt from a film made by Westinghouse for the New York fair, showing a fictional family, the Middletons, making their way through the pavilion.
At a county fair shown at the beginning of the film, motorcycles and digital cameras are in evidence.
"Jay," she said Mr. Hoffa told him, "just want to tell you that was a very fair show".
He interpreted such remarks as suggestions that conservatives should change course, in order to make a fair electoral showing.
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