REPRESENTATIONS Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

representations

noun

plural of representation

as in pictures

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 Additionally, founders frequently serve as the face of the company, making representations to clients, investors and partners. — Blake Harris, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Çayoğlu mentions his amazement at meeting fans in Italy and Argentina, representations of their work crossing borders. — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 7 July 2026 More Freedom 250 controversy Freedom 250 has been the focus of other controversy over funding transparency and religious representations. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 July 2026 Both companies have until July 6 to make final representations before Nandy makes a formal decision on an intervention. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 June 2026 In Egypt, certain pharaohs seemed, for reasons still debated, to tilt their own representations from the ideal to the natural. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 With every passing year, as historical mysteries are solved, and documents and artifacts emerge from attics and museum archives, those representations become more accurate. — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026 For Nijhon, the first step toward better policy is centering more nuanced representations of motherhood, not the kind of fringe rage bait that is loudest online. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 22 June 2026 Visio is designed to help users create flowcharts, organizational charts, process maps, floor plans, network diagrams, and other visual representations of complex information. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026

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Noun

The training session ended with players signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.

— Zuri Primos July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
There were also pictures circulated of Wells at a pool party, which was rumored to be the last place he was seen on July 4, but in fact had been taken the weekend before his disappearance, as Rolling Stone reported.

— Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

During a visit in March, the two-room space served as the temporary home to Thames’s latest beaded curtain portraits of notable Black luminaries, which lay on tables awaiting completion.

— Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
For folks who still want meaningful photos, consider having a few larger portraits professionally framed.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 16 July 2026

Definition of portraits

Noun

Celmins is perhaps best known for meticulous, photorealistic paintings and drawings of the ocean, the sky, the moon, and the desert.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Tuesday’s Jackpot Triple Play, Mega Millions and Fantasy 5 Florida Lottery drawings confined the best luck to Quick Pick tickets bought at Publix stores.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of drawings

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Its concluding images emphasise a clichéd concept of motherhood, as though to put a neat bow on what was in fact a more complex story of trust, patience and everyday courage.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 15 July 2026
Van Hoytema fills the giant frame with imposing images shot in evocative international locations, grand and powerful in scale.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of images

Noun

As this July Fourth approached, FOUND on the Guadalupe River still had about 1,800 items awaiting reunification, about half of them photographs.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
For those who cannot visit in person, the virtual tour has the same information with photographs.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Definition of photographs

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