Airing and Showing

Airing

Airing noun - The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air.

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Showing and airing are semantically related in broadcast topic. In some cases you can use "Showing" instead a noun "Airing".

Nearby Word: aired

Showing noun - The display of a motion picture.

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Airing and showing are semantically related in presentation topic. Sometimes you can use "Airing" instead a noun "Showing".

Nearby Words: show, showy, showed, showcase, shown

good	good airing	good showing
special	special airing	special showing
normal	normal airing	normal showing
current	current airing	current showing
Other adjectives: original, initial, proper, single, actual, new, final, limited, next, last, latest, latter, greatest, theatrical, late-night.

A similar trend is to start airing commercials during the credits of a show or movie by smashing the credits to one side of the screen and showing promos on the other.

Source: Commercial Pop-Up
A scene in Season 2 showing Ragnar waking up next to a naked Aslaug and Lagertha would have implied some Three-Way Sex, but it was deleted from the US airing of the episode.

Source: Series / Vikings
As of November 2015, they love airing My Little Pony ads every single break, even showing two different ones in the same break.

Source: Repeating Ad

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