showpiece(e.g. a showpiece factory; an excellent example of something that people are meant to see and admire • The new factory is a showpiece of British industry. • a brilliant showpiece sonata by the American, Paul Creston. OALD. But the praise turned to criticism less than eight months later when Putin gave Kostin a public dressing-down during VTB's annual showpiece investment conference in October. TMT Alexander Demidov)
