unveiling
a ceremony in which a statue or monument is presented or displayed for the first time by removing its covering.
an act or instance of presenting, displaying, or revealing, especially for the first time: the unveiling of a new play.
Origin of unveiling
1Other words from unveiling
- self-un·veil·ing, adjective
Words Nearby unveiling
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How to use unveiling in a sentence
The honest truth is that the IPO itself is an adrenaline-charged run-up to a big unveiling.
Affirm hits $100 on opening day after listing at $49 (Updated) | Jeff Roberts | January 13, 2021 | FortuneThe astronaut unveiling put a human face on the program and was reminiscent of the announcement of the Mercury 7 astronauts who led NASA into space at the dawn of the Space Age.
As Pence names which astronauts will go to the moon, some see a political ploy | Christian Davenport | December 9, 2020 | Washington PostYesterday, during the unveiling of the XB-1, Scholl said that he believes in “a future in which you can get anywhere in the planet in four hours, for just a hundred bucks.”
This test plane could be a big step towards supersonic commercial flights | Rob Verger | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThey’re all but certain to ramp up their opposition with the unveiling of a bill.
House panel proposes largest antitrust reforms in decades to rein in Big Tech | kdunn6 | October 7, 2020 | FortuneMore than two years after its unveiling, Verizon 5G Home is for sale in parts of eight cities, with an emphasis on "parts."
Buying Verizon 5G Home is even harder than finding a Verizon mobile 5G signal | Jon Brodkin | October 6, 2020 | Ars Technica
Scheiber inferred that Jarrett “is the closest we have to a human decoder ring” capable of unveiling “the real Barack Obama.”
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer | James Poulos | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"I felt very moved and very happy, too," Paolucci said at the unveiling.
Even that day of the unveiling, Liberty remained elusive in practice in the United States.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty | Elizabeth Mitchell | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOnly one thing is for certain – Japan has become the epicenter of the still unveiling Bitcoin mystery.
Mysteries Continue to Swirl Around the Identity of Bitcoin’s Creator | Jake Adelstein | March 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt smacks of yet another instance of the administration unveiling policy with good spin and no spine.
I've asked them and their friends to come down here to headquarters for the unveiling of Black Hood, alias the Eye.
In other words, from whatever point we approach the witnesses of Lucifer, they are subjected to a rough unveiling.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteKalmim made no scruple of unveiling, to afford her companion the whole benefit of her charms.
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-MelvilleA bronze tablet recording this fact had been installed, and this was to be the unveiling.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineNear here in the year 1865, on the 5th day of May, a vast concourse of people assembled to see the unveiling of a statue of Dante.
From the Thames to the Tiber | J. Wardle
British Dictionary definitions for unveiling
/ (ʌnˈveɪlɪŋ) /
a ceremony involving the removal of a veil at the formal presentation of a statue, monument, etc, for the first time
the presentation of something, esp for the first time
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