as in depiction
a visual design intended to look like someone or something
The cave was painted with representations of horses and bison.
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Recent Examples of representation
The play begins in the mode of a Black sitcom, but this is an elaborate ruse for a theatrical dissection of the subjects of race, representation, spectatorship and control.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Analogously to that, computers open up a ton of possibilities for representations that are not typographic and will enable new questions to be asked.
—John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Spanning a record 75 countries, this year’s selection underscores the festival’s growing international reach, with particularly strong representation from Asia, notably China and Taiwan.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Women are also breaking into the C-suite; chief executives, who earn a median salary of $206,680, made the list of rising women’s representation.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Analogously to that, computers open up a ton of possibilities for representations that are not typographic and will enable new questions to be asked.
—John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Spanning a record 75 countries, this year’s selection underscores the festival’s growing international reach, with particularly strong representation from Asia, notably China and Taiwan.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Women are also breaking into the C-suite; chief executives, who earn a median salary of $206,680, made the list of rising women’s representation.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for representation
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The White House has recently added statues of historical figures to its grounds, including depictions of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin that appeared in the Rose Garden earlier this month.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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In my experience, challenging conventions and presenting a more candid depiction of what troubles our fighting men and women — and their folks back home — brings you more credibility and appreciation than trying to spray perfume on the horrors of the battlefield.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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That family portrait is so weird!—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
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Along with the album cover, the shared a new black and white portrait of himself, captured by daughter Mary McCartney.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Fatalities data, the group says, is based on a range of sources, including sources among medical workers, publicly available images and official statements.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Whereas the intimate, snapshot-style images call us to bask in the anachronistic warmth of the analog, the profane photographs beckon toward the messy pleasures of the body.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Loose, gestural ink drawings sit alongside still lifes of treasured objects, flea market finds are arranged like miniature stage sets, and candid snapshots of her Milan existence are collaged with painterly abandon.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
24 Mar. 2026
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Regardless of how anyone might have felt about the new picture that Einstein’s greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, brought along with it, the behavior of physical phenomena in the Universe doesn’t lie.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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The preliminary visa data helps paint a fuller picture of immigration declines in the United States.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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His 120 illustrations are colorful, sometimes combining nature photography with Walden’s original creations to form detailed settings.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Before the three scientists’ work, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans were largely abstract animals to most people – zoo exhibits, textbook illustrations, evolutionary symbols.—
Mireya Mayor,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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This is the title of the iconic Man Ray photograph from 1924 of Kiki de Montparnasse, with the f-holes of a violin collaged onto her back.—
Laura Brown,
Artforum,
25 Mar. 2026
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Defense lawyers noted Monday, for example, that two 9-mm spent shell casings seen in a photograph under the arm of Moïse’s bullet-riddled body on the floor next to his bed could have been fired from pistols on which the FBI failed to conduct ballistics testing.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Representation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representation. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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