I went through several dictionaries and checked the meaning of the word. I'm also familiar with the headlines in dailies; for instance, Someone exposed as his servant reveals the truth. or Someone exposed her curvacious body in a dark brown gown on the red carpet.
But then, can it be used this way?
2013's Best HGH Supplements Exposed – Check meta title of this page.
Note: I know such websites are not reliable for their language in content. But I'm just asking, is it possible to use the word exposed to mean revealed? Here, the author wants to say that The list of best HGH supplements in 2013 revealed.
Can anything be exposed positively? If I go by books, it is possible but then my mind does not believe it!
The word exposed is influenced by Latin expositus meaning 'put or set out' and in this sense, I can certainly expose top 10 software companies of the world. But does it mean I revealed a bitter truth about those fraud companies or simply revealed the companies those were not known before?
Best Answer
It is true that expose is primarily used in sentences with negative implications as you show in your question: I think that probably the only exception is when it is used with the meaning:
to present to view; exhibit
Especially if used as a noun exposition
A public exhibition or show, as of artistic or industrial developments.