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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
The approach unites spatial and temporal representations of flow patterns, which traditional methods often treat separately.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
There are poems where bunnies and deer are characters, where fishsticks think and the moon speaks, where the speaker and representations of the speaker interact.
—Literary Hub
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Both previous cinematic representations of Osborn — Dafoe in the original trilogy and Dane DeHaan in the TAS2 — have featured the character as white.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Aug. 2025
Material presented is believed to be from reliable sources and no representations are made by our firm as to another party’s informational accuracy or completeness.
—Michael Lantz, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Judge Lin concluded that Tesla's representations were widespread enough to affect California purchasers and could form the basis for class-wide claims under consumer protection and fraud statutes.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Equally, except to the extent to which the material refers to website material of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, the firm takes no responsibility for, and makes no representations or warranties whatsoever as to, the data and information contained therein.
—Kate Winget, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
The program has sparked controversy and backlash from progressives on multiple occasions during its more than two-decade history on the air for its satirical representations of religious figures, extensive use of racist language and ribbing of climate change activists.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025
Based on those representations, the suit says, Prefix made the difficult decision to shutter its Red Bridge location.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
There are poems where bunnies and deer are characters, where fishsticks think and the moon speaks, where the speaker and representations of the speaker interact.
—Literary Hub
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Both previous cinematic representations of Osborn — Dafoe in the original trilogy and Dane DeHaan in the TAS2 — have featured the character as white.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Aug. 2025
Material presented is believed to be from reliable sources and no representations are made by our firm as to another party’s informational accuracy or completeness.
—Michael Lantz, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Judge Lin concluded that Tesla's representations were widespread enough to affect California purchasers and could form the basis for class-wide claims under consumer protection and fraud statutes.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Equally, except to the extent to which the material refers to website material of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, the firm takes no responsibility for, and makes no representations or warranties whatsoever as to, the data and information contained therein.
—Kate Winget, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
The program has sparked controversy and backlash from progressives on multiple occasions during its more than two-decade history on the air for its satirical representations of religious figures, extensive use of racist language and ribbing of climate change activists.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025
Based on those representations, the suit says, Prefix made the difficult decision to shutter its Red Bridge location.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
Noun
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There were reporters and photographers all around, clamoring for interviews and pictures.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Hanson has always been a great fashion photographer, especially good at capturing feminine exuberance, but the span of time that has passed since these pictures were taken now establishes them as bona-fide historical artifacts to boot.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Uckotter’s eerie depictions of attics, slip dresses, and toys calls to mind the cinematic worlds created by David Lynch.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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If the only way this film distinguishes itself is in its ability to humanize and complicate flat depictions and erasure of Saudi women, that is no small feat.—
Beandrea July,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Being a subject of one of his portraits required discipline—showing up for many months, staying still for many hours.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Directed and photographed by Stuart Winecoff with creative direction from Robert Lussier, The Style Council, Paris, the films and portraits follow Ludacris, Alba, McCaffrey, and Moore through John Lautner’s Harvey House in Los Angeles, known for its lush midcentury interiors.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the 1980s, in some states, Cohen said, people would buy tickets to jackpot games with in-person drawings.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The chain of landforms to the west of Kauai is so small that it was not easily spotted in the satellite images taken as Kiko roared across the Pacific toward Hawaii as a Category 4 hurricane.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Miami Gardens Police released images of dogs in the neighborhood suspected to have been involved in the attack.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Since the 2010s, however, his photographs have started to appear with greater frequency and impact in small exhibitions throughout the Pacific Northwest, earning Matsura an ever-widening circle of admiration and appreciation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The winning photographs were selected from more than 5,800 spectacular entries submitted by astrophotographers hailing from over 60 countries.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Representations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representations. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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