1.   A White House that once sought headlines for promoting U.S. exports is these days often shying away from conspicuous displays of U.S. diplomatic power to win contracts abroad.

2.   In a culture that disdains ostentation, there are few conspicuous displays of new money.

3.   It was the apogee of an American culture of conspicuous display.

4.   Reporters are people, too, and they respond to conspicuous displays of leadership.

5.   The device is emblematic of a Madison Avenue mainstay that could be called conspicuous displays of consumption, to differentiate it from the usual displays of conspicuous consumption.

6.   This couple was not alone in their conspicuous display of caloric consumption.