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Answer for the clue "Showed detectives acted ", 9 letters:
displayed

Word definitions for displayed in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Displayed \Dis*played"\, a. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously. (Her.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of prey, esp. an eagle. (Print.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Spread out; unfurled. 2 Spread open to view; shown off. 3 (context heraldry English) With wings unfurled. 4 (context typography English) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye. v (en-past of: display )

Usage examples of displayed.

Alexander quickly won Babylonian favor when, unlike the Achaemenids, he displayed respect for such Babylonian traditions as the worship of their chief god, Marduk.

It displayed a schematic of the sock ahead, aflicker with fields of fire.

X-ray film displayed off to one side and at the blood-pressure indicator, which the anesthetist read off at thirty-second intervals.

My Angela listened willingly, but little disposed to talk herself, she seldom answered, and she displayed good sense rather than wit.

They displayed Celtic brooches, pins, shears, and pottery items, as well as silver and gold vessels from Rome.

The three women stood together, shoulder to shoulder, in Astrometrics and gazed at the bizarre image Seven of Nine displayed before them.

Padre Romero went to Asuncion and displayed his Bulls and his orders of the Council, and the Governor withdrew his claims.

Don Jose Avellanos had displayed in the service of the endangered Ribiera Government an organizing activity and an eloquence of which the echoes reached even Europe.

Then Aramis, seizing the rope-ladder, instead of the terror which was expected to be displayed upon his countenance, the surprise of the sailors of the balancelle was great, when they saw him walk straight up to the commander, with a firm step, look at him earnestly, make a sign to him with his hand, a mysterious and unknown sign, at the sight of which the officer turned pale, trembled, and bowed his head.

Thus I stared at balmacaans and surtouts, dolmans and jerkins of paduasoy, matelasse, and a hundred other costly fabrics without ever going into the places that displayed them, or even stopping to examine them.

Chapter i the gardens of Balmoral in the middle of August displayed as much glory as the devoted skill of the gardeners could achieve in the short-lived Scottish summer.

I am not qualified to distinguish an Indian from a Pakistani from a Bangladeshi by accent or displayed name.

Harkonnen, in recognition of the valor, innovation, and bravery you displayed during the recent attack on Zimianot to mention countless other worthy demonstrations of your value to the Army of the Jihad over the course of your careerI am pleased to raise you from the rank of bator to the superior rank of bashar, level four.

But the volume before the reader is not so much a history of the battles of Virginia, which have often been described, as an attempt to delineate the military and personal character of General Lee, which displayed itself often more strikingly in indecisive events than in those whose results attract the attention of the world.

But, outwardly at least, Beaumont had displayed little but gnawing irritation.