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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3
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
The outcome of Tuesday's Democratic primary represents the latest example of the divide among Democrats over the party's direction.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 June 2026
McClintock has represented the district since 2009 and was widely viewed as the favorite in the race.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender member of Congress after being sworn in to represent Delaware’s lone House seat.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
For Klum, the new title represents a deeper commitment to the mission she's championed for years.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 June 2026
McClintock has represented the district since 2009 and was widely viewed as the favorite in the race.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender member of Congress after being sworn in to represent Delaware’s lone House seat.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
For Klum, the new title represents a deeper commitment to the mission she's championed for years.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for represent
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So much of The Last Supper involved characterizing songs, movies, music videos, paintings, and so on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have observed and characterized the initial stages of hydrogen-uranium corrosion for the first time.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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Wynn, who died last spring and for whom a wing of Zumthor’s aerodynamic structure is named, donated a Francis Bacon triptych depicting Bacon’s friend and fellow-painter Lucian Freud, the only Bacons on display in a public Los Angeles museum.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Moscow has long sought to depict its victory as an inevitability, demanding enormous Ukrainian concessions in exchange for any halt to the invasion -- and since January 2025 often with the explicit or implicit backing of the White House.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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The Velvet Underground’s John Cale represents music, Marc Jacobs stands for fashion and beloved director Martin Scorsese symbolizes film.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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There are so many homages to Sơn Tùng M-TP’s country, including the jade water buffalo, Vietnam’s national animal, which symbolizes wealth and prosperity.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The shooter is described as a man in his 30s.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Sergei Shoigu, Russia's former defense minister and now secretary of its Security Council, also rejected Zelenskyy’s claim, describing it as a scare tactic to attract more Western aid for Kyiv.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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Braun said Panish had sought to portray his client as hiding in the bushes near the crash site, but in reality, those bushes were vines and the 6-foot-4, 245-pound Erickson was easily seen.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Yet cultural stereotypes continue to portray White athletes as less athletic, less gifted and less deserving of elite status.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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But Kyiv’s early embrace of drones, and the mass-industrialization of their accuracy and power, has begun to exact a defining toll on Moscow.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Taken together, those cultural threads help explain why food – and especially meat – carries an outsized symbolic role in Texas politics, where the official state dish, adopted in 1977, is chili, defined by its significant meat base.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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“Represent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/represent. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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