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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
Going forward, the researchers plan to improve the prediction system using machine learning models inspired by how human brains build internal representations from experience.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Therefore, communicators must consider the diversity of their own organizations and professions in terms of staffing and leadership as well as increase the diversity of human representations in media messages.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
The pontiff has made an indelible mark on pop culture, with themes of local sports, food and drinks woven into representations of his divine calling.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Despite the encouraging uptake, most tokenization projects are creating blockchain representations of traditional assets such as Treasury bills, but failing to capture the full potential benefits of on-chain technology.
—Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The two are also accused of misuse of public benefits, fraudulent representations to government agencies and financial transactions alleged to conceal proceeds of criminal activity.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Old and old-fashioned, Charles and Camilla do not offer vitality, romance or drama as representations of the house of Windsor.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Perfect representations Why are these two pictures so revealing?
—Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
The Korea Times noted that under the Capital Market Act, any person who nets KRW5 billion or more by making false representations about a financial product faces a prison term of at minimum five years, with a life sentence possible at the upper end.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Therefore, communicators must consider the diversity of their own organizations and professions in terms of staffing and leadership as well as increase the diversity of human representations in media messages.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
The pontiff has made an indelible mark on pop culture, with themes of local sports, food and drinks woven into representations of his divine calling.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Despite the encouraging uptake, most tokenization projects are creating blockchain representations of traditional assets such as Treasury bills, but failing to capture the full potential benefits of on-chain technology.
—Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The two are also accused of misuse of public benefits, fraudulent representations to government agencies and financial transactions alleged to conceal proceeds of criminal activity.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Old and old-fashioned, Charles and Camilla do not offer vitality, romance or drama as representations of the house of Windsor.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Perfect representations Why are these two pictures so revealing?
—Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
The Korea Times noted that under the Capital Market Act, any person who nets KRW5 billion or more by making false representations about a financial product faces a prison term of at minimum five years, with a life sentence possible at the upper end.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
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On this night, as Rashad posed for pictures in Bushwick, SZA was a few miles away in Manhattan, walking the red carpet at the Met Gala.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Once in the asteroid's orbit, NASA's spacecraft is slated to take pictures of the asteroid's surface and shed light on its composition, over the course of about two years.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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According to Variety, the clause prevented any depictions or mentions of Chandler in any dramatization of Jackson’s life.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
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There’s critique of Hollywood alien depictions.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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The imagery, made in Haiti, New York, Florida, and her current home of Los Angeles, uses both personal, documentary photographs and more surreal, formal portraits to link Cadet’s personal history to a broader meditation on the Black diasporic experience.—
Elly Fishman,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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Artists in the 18th century would often include a person of color, who would sometimes be imaginary, in their portraits of wealthy white sitters to embellish the painting and highlight the high status of the main subject, according to the researchers.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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The drawings will be conducted to determine the first four picks, and the remaining lottery teams will select in positions five through 14 in reverse order of their 2025-26 regular-season records.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Most applications will likely include supporting materials such as photos, drawings, site plans, and color samples.—
Nicole R. Kurtz,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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The research, published in Nature analyzed more than a million daily satellite images from NASA’s Black Marble dataset between 2014 and 2022, tracking changes in artificial light across the inhabited world.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The photo sets included a range of images, with examples of skyline views, street scenes, landmarks, local architecture, and slices of neighborhood life, and prioritized filter-free images shot in natural daylight to accurately reflect the look of each place.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
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The world comes into the studio as images, photographs on the wall, as newspapers, emails, memories of conversation, books, postcards.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Two years later, the social media influencer is back on the cover, posing in a tiny tan bikini for a series of photographs shot by Ruven Afanador.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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“Representations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representations. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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