The city's education system is 'showing signs of' improvement. [=the city's education system seems to be improving]
Both candidates are expected to make a good/strong 'showing' [=to get many votes] in next week's election.
The company wants to avoid 'showing its hand' about its decision until next month.
(..) He got me invested and I said, "That's good. One less thing." Now Mama said there's only so much fortune a man really needs, and the rest is just for showing off. So I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare Gospel Church. And I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre fishing hospital. (..)1994 Forrest Gump
(..) the communists was to play ping-pong, so I was in the Special Services, travelling around the country, cheering up wounded veterans and showing 'em how to play ping-pong. I was so good, the Army decided I should be on the All-American ping-pong team. We were the first Americans was in our hands, (..)1994 Forrest Gump