Identify
Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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To make the show more marketable to girls (especially to tomboys if they aren't likely to want to identify with The Chick) when the original show had The Smurfette Principle in play;
Source: She's a Man in Japan -
Allows the producers of the show to broaden the appeal of the show by giving more viewers protagonists they can identify with.
Source: Token Minority aka: Token Black - To top it all off, the rulebook encourages players to identify the actor who would play their character if the game they were in was actually a TV show.
Source: Hypothetical Casting
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Show and Identify. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/identify/show
Identify & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/identify/show>.
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