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Recent Examples of nonrepresentative
In open session, the board heard reports on summer school and district demographics, and approved raises and a benefits increase for Classified Confidential, Supervisory, and Management nonrepresentative groups retroactive to July 1, 2022.
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Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
In those cases, small, nonrepresentative subsets of users self-select to curate material, and each one can see what the others are doing.
—Gilad Edelman, Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
The episode is perfect insight into mainstream American views of othered places — Africa or Asia, New Orleans or Compton — a story limned by limited outsiders and thus nonrepresentative, objectified and objectionable.
—Tunde Wey, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018
Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
In those cases, small, nonrepresentative subsets of users self-select to curate material, and each one can see what the others are doing.
—Gilad Edelman, Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
The episode is perfect insight into mainstream American views of othered places — Africa or Asia, New Orleans or Compton — a story limned by limited outsiders and thus nonrepresentative, objectified and objectionable.
—Tunde Wey, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonrepresentative
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These technologies can also analyze user behavior for anomalous activities by establishing a baseline of normal user and system behavior, such as those changes made in log data, network traffic, and access patterns.—
Jason Phillips,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Found in cultures around the world, geomyths attempt to account for anomalous natural phenomena and massive geological events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her daughter's infatuation with the skeleton is not abnormal, according to Isabel.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The only way to make a definitive diagnosis is to take thin slices of the brain after the person’s death and use a microscope to look for an abnormal accumulation of tau, a protein that stabilizes certain elements of the brain.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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How atypical was the process here?—
David J. Lopez,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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What is atypical, economists say, is the historically high ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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From Psycho to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein’s macabre legacy gave birth to fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with the criminally deviant.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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From Psycho to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein’s macabre legacy gave birth to fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with the criminally deviant.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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So her aberrant behavior was anxiety-driven?—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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What once was aberrant—indeed, unimaginable—is now standard Trump fare, demeaning not only to the Presidency but to the rule of law.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Brooks bull was also in contention to unseat the Spider Bull, the reigning nontypical world-record in the Boone and Crockett record books, which accepts big game killed by any legal method.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025
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Spillers’ big nontypical whitetail sports 18 points and scored 198 2/8 inches.—
Scott Bestul,
Field & Stream,
9 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The novel’s composition is remarkable for the unusual way its eight sections tangentially revolve around the narrator, a West African man named Tunde.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sabrina Carpenter performed double duty as host and musical guest on the previous episode, which, in an unusual move, kicked off with a non-political cold open.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For a comprehensive guide, see my book Primal Intelligence, but as a quick start, cast your eyes around for something (or someone) weird, irregular, anomalous.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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The former is a heart condition involving an irregular heartbeat.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Nonrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonrepresentative. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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