How to Use overrepresented in a Sentence

overrepresented

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• Samoans have become the most overrepresented group, per capita, in the NFL.
  — Rob Ruck, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2019
• In the Senate, the least populous states are now more overrepresented than ever before.
  — Emily Badger, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2016
• The result is that over time, declining species can become overrepresented in the literature.
  — Matthew D. Moran, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2020
• Women in New Zealand are overrepresented in low-wage industries.
  — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 23 July 2018
• Many resources and networks exist for founders from overrepresented backgrounds that do not exist for those from underrepresented ones.
  — Nik Milanovic, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• The South was also vastly overrepresented.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
• Klein says that the Republicans, with overrepresented rural counties on their side, can afford to move a lot further from the center than the Democrats can.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
• For one thing, there is almost certainly no more overrepresented group in media, at least in relation to the population, than center-right conservatives.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Feb. 2021
• One problem had been that certain record labels or label groups seemed overrepresented year in and year out, something that was especially noticeable in some of the classical categories.
  — Randy Lewis, The Seattle Times, 27 Jan. 2018
• Girls were hugely overrepresented, accounting for nearly 78% of cases.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 June 2022
• That probably means online multiplayer games are a bit overrepresented in our sample, while strictly single-player games might be undercounted.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 6 June 2017
• Without preferences, many white legacies would be replaced by white non-legacies — or by Asians, the overrepresented minority at the heart of the aforementioned lawsuit.
  — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 23 Sep. 2019
• Beneficiaries are even more overrepresented in the Southeast and central Appalachia.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 22 July 2017
• While Latinos represented the largest portion of victims, Black people were the most overrepresented among victims when compared with the city’s overall population, the data show.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• Latinos face lower pay and a wage ceiling Latino workers remained overrepresented in sectors with lower wages, fewer protections and limited upward mobility.
  — Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• White and male employees remain overrepresented in positions that pay the highest salaries, offer the best benefits and provide a path to promotions in the Standard & Poor's 100.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
• The only two categories in which women were somewhat overrepresented were neurological conditions and musculoskeletal conditions.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 3 July 2019
• Interestingly, non-Hispanic whites are represented in proportion to their numbers in the general population among young doctors and medical students, though a bit overrepresented in proportion to their age bracket.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2010
• However, 23 percent were undecided, and the Wagner campaign said the survey’s sample overrepresented Democratic voters.
  — Andrew Seidman, Philly.com, 15 June 2018
• But perhaps the point is that the meaning of discrimination varies with context, and that jurists view underrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims differently from overrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• Latino communities are still extremely overrepresented in coronavirus cases, representing 35% of all positive cases in Multnomah County despite only making up 11% of the population.
  — oregonlive, 1 July 2020