1
as in to characterize
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats
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2
as in to depict
to present a picture of
a painting representing the ocean at sunrise
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as in to symbolize
to serve as a material counterpart of
this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth
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Recent Examples of represent
In a statement Saturday, attorneys representing the Hinton family said they were hired to investigate the death of Ryan Hinton and that Rodney Hinton, along with other family members, met with Cincinnati police on Friday to view body camera footage of his shooting death.
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Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 3 May 2025
Such a project represents a significant commitment to any director’s vision, but one that is especially rare for a Black director.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
Jake Elder, Ray Hendrick, Banjo Matthews, Larry Phillips, and Bob Welborn are on this year’s Pioneer Ballot, representing those whose careers began at least 60 years ago.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
For 2025, the total number of companies for which emissions data was obtained increased from approximately 750 in the previous year to around 900 in the current year, representing a 25% growth.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 3 May 2025
Such a project represents a significant commitment to any director’s vision, but one that is especially rare for a Black director.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
Jake Elder, Ray Hendrick, Banjo Matthews, Larry Phillips, and Bob Welborn are on this year’s Pioneer Ballot, representing those whose careers began at least 60 years ago.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
For 2025, the total number of companies for which emissions data was obtained increased from approximately 750 in the previous year to around 900 in the current year, representing a 25% growth.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for represent
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Forbes reports that a significant 69% of the youngest generation perceive middle management as a role characterized by high-stress levels and minimal rewards.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Dystonia is an umbrella term for movement disorders characterized by sustained or repetitive muscle contractions that cause abnormal postures or movements.—
Indu Subramanian,
The Conversation,
1 May 2025
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Instead, Allie married the rough-around-the-edges man who’s depicted as her one true love, Noah, played by Ryan Gosling.—
Emily Rella,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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The ways that sound, emanating from speakers or depicted on album covers, was interpolated with the visual was indeed one of the exhibition’s most entrancing aspects and radical critical interventions.—
Ivy G. Wilson,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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The image symbolizes the end of the American campaign in the Pacific during World War II.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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With all love and respect to the perfect summer peach, no food better symbolizes Atlanta’s spirit than lemon pepper wings.—
Mike Jordan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 May 2025
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President Trump describes his administration's sweeping new tariffs on other countries as a tool for accomplishing a range of key economic goals, including reviving U.S. manufacturing.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
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Holden’s family described the ordeal on a website dedicated to securing his release.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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Negotiation progress After his inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump quickly signaled that the Biden administration’s position of portraying the conflict as an essential moral crusade was over.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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Keffer’s website portrays it as a small business that began in the family basement in 1996 and now operates out of a modest building near Grove City, Pa.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Returning to the wuxia genre that has defined much of his illustrious career, Tsui explains his approach to this latest adaptation of the classic martial arts tale.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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The pattern that defined this period—an uptick in spying during war, and then its ebbing in peacetime—poses a problem for Rogg and Lowenthal, whose accounts of the years between the Revolution and World War II are overstuffed with desultory detail.—
James Santel,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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“Represent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/represent. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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