as in representative
a person who acts or does business for another
the company dispatched three reps to the annual marketing fair
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as in reputation
overall quality as seen or judged by people in general
I have a rep as a player to maintain, you know
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Recent Examples of rep
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead, schedule daily 30-minute end-of-day group meetings for answering new reps’ questions and building peer learning without draining leaders’ calendars.
—Ryan Hohman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
An old mine brilliant cut diamond, according to Swift's rep, the ring was a collaboration between Kelce and designer Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Neither reps for Freedman nor the attorney himself responded to Deadline’s request for comment on today’s drama.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
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Barron played 21 reps against Tennessee in his regular-season debut Sunday.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead, schedule daily 30-minute end-of-day group meetings for answering new reps’ questions and building peer learning without draining leaders’ calendars.
—Ryan Hohman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
An old mine brilliant cut diamond, according to Swift's rep, the ring was a collaboration between Kelce and designer Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Neither reps for Freedman nor the attorney himself responded to Deadline’s request for comment on today’s drama.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Rep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rep. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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