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Recent Examples of nonrepresentative
As fewer Americans answer surveys, are those who do inherently nonrepresentative?
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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.
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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.
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Tunde Wey,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2018
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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.
—
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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The problem is, mainstream science and society have been slow to move away from the narrative that all animals copulate only for reproduction, any same-sex activity is purely anomalous (and unnatural), and every species is male-dominated.
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The resulting metacrystals were designed to handle multiple incoming waves, different angles, two polarizations, and multiple functions, including anomalous reflection, transmission, and absorption.
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Haney reminded jurors that despising the rich isn’t a crime, much less an abnormal opinion.
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Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.
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As for the other big names, Scheffler had an atypical roller coaster of a round.
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As Ertz suggests, the Eagles’ environment is atypical, and Sirianni’s skill set may be suited to it.
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According to Welner, fetal abduction is deviant behavior rather than a psychiatric condition.
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By looking into how errors accumulated and how deviant the answers were from those expected, the researchers were able to get valuable insights into how the physical system was working.
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Learning that these behaviors not only exist, but are prevalent in the animal kingdom, Page says, helps debunk what remains a widespread belief among certain humans that homosexuality and transgenderism are unnatural and aberrant.
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Making the aberrant choice stand out all the more was that Season 2 didn’t get to finish on its own terms.
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Scrivner’s 9×9 bull has been officially scored by Boone & Crockett at 411 1/8-inches, and it was just recently declared a new Oklahoma record for a nontypical bull elk.
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Spillers’ big nontypical whitetail sports 18 points and scored 198 2/8 inches.
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What Trump is doing is unusual.
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Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
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Industry-specific risk factors driving the crisis include financial precarity—irregular income, lack of benefits, job insecurity—touring conditions, performance pressure, workplace culture and identity fusion.
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Quakes can leave trees standing at irregular angles, uproot them entirely, and disturb their drainage patterns.
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