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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 representations
Along with Mary, the statue includes representations of actual students who attended the school decades ago.
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Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
The standouts, however, came in the form of hieroglyphic representations.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
From 2022 through 2025, Myers fraudulently obtained money from three victims, among them a husband and wife from Michigan, with false representations about the performance and value of the investments, prosecutors said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Another common technique is simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), which continuously builds and updates three-dimensional representations of the environment while tracking the robot's position within them.
—New Atlas, 8 June 2026
Aside from the concert, Freedom 250 itself has also been at the center of criticism over funding transparency and religious representations.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 June 2026
The King and Queen Camilla, 78, viewed visual representations of how technological innovation is transforming cancer research, and the palace gathering launched the organization's 125th anniversary year.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
The relevant statutory provisions, as per Kalshi’s representations to the federal judiciary, date back to 1974 or 2000.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Unfortunately, people have a profound tendency to confuse representations with reality, a mistake called reification.
—Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
The standouts, however, came in the form of hieroglyphic representations.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
From 2022 through 2025, Myers fraudulently obtained money from three victims, among them a husband and wife from Michigan, with false representations about the performance and value of the investments, prosecutors said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Another common technique is simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), which continuously builds and updates three-dimensional representations of the environment while tracking the robot's position within them.
—New Atlas, 8 June 2026
Aside from the concert, Freedom 250 itself has also been at the center of criticism over funding transparency and religious representations.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 June 2026
The King and Queen Camilla, 78, viewed visual representations of how technological innovation is transforming cancer research, and the palace gathering launched the organization's 125th anniversary year.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
The relevant statutory provisions, as per Kalshi’s representations to the federal judiciary, date back to 1974 or 2000.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Unfortunately, people have a profound tendency to confuse representations with reality, a mistake called reification.
—Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
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Area law enforcement officials have previously released pictures of him.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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But some users find clever ways to sidestep those controls, by disguising sensitive requests as role-playing games, poems or pictures, with many swapping tips and ideas online.—
Kevin Schaul,
Washington Post,
18 June 2026
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Deepfakes have been a constant presence in the AI age as large-language models have made generating depictions of actors, singers and other celebrities much more accessible to the public.—
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Yes, other Hollywood depictions of the future had predicted similar technology over the years, but guess what year Apple overlord Steve Jobs announced the breakthrough videotelephony product known as FaceTime?—
Dan Snierson,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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Among all the things that make Iliad Bookshop unique is the mural outside, depicting literary scenes and portraits of more than fifty authors and musicians like Charles Dickens, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, Pink Floyd and Tom Petty.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
19 June 2026
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Earlier works often centered on solitary women posed with the self-possession of royal portraits or religious icons.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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History books of Hamburg Township, pictures, drawings, maps and more items from folks in the community are inside the time capsule.—
Alysia Burgio,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Stanton represents Bonnie’s fantasy world as a bright dimension of pastel drawings and glitzy colors, whereas the Lilypad games are flat and uninspired.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Britain has increasingly toughened its approach to tech companies in recent years, urging or forcing them to impose age verification, adapt their algorithms and, most recently, prevent children from circulating nude images taken on mobile phones.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Aerial images revealed flames rapidly consuming multiple acres of land, with one section burning perilously close to a group of power lines.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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From the poetic paintings, sculptures, photographs, and videos in Rashid Johnson’s Guggenheim survey to Larry Bell’s colorful new glass cubes alighting in Madison Square Park, recent presentations gave us hope for the future.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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Visitors step from the bright riverfront into a dark passage lined with glowing photographs of caves, as a low electronic pulse seems to breathe through the walls.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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