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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
Those standardized representations present exactly the kind of common question — did FIFA mislead consumers about what Category 1 meant?
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Corey Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Unfortunately, people have a profound tendency to confuse representations with reality, a mistake called reification.
—Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
In a separate letter sent on May 13, Uthmeier warned the NFL that the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act prohibits misleading representations.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 May 2026
Nick Tsafos, partner-in-charge at EisnerAmper in New York, said lenders need to independently assess collateral, claims and risks across the full life of a loan, rather than relying solely on borrower representations.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Going forward, the researchers plan to improve the prediction system using machine learning models inspired by how human brains build internal representations from experience.
—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
Corey Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Unfortunately, people have a profound tendency to confuse representations with reality, a mistake called reification.
—Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
In a separate letter sent on May 13, Uthmeier warned the NFL that the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act prohibits misleading representations.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 May 2026
Nick Tsafos, partner-in-charge at EisnerAmper in New York, said lenders need to independently assess collateral, claims and risks across the full life of a loan, rather than relying solely on borrower representations.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Going forward, the researchers plan to improve the prediction system using machine learning models inspired by how human brains build internal representations from experience.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
Noun
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On a recent day, a stream of visitors, including school children, walked through the circular room, stopping to sit behind the desk and pose for pictures.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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On a recent day, a stream of visitors, including schoolchildren, walked through the circular room, stopping to sit behind the desk and pose for pictures.—
Sophia Tareen,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Noun
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For all the prior cinematic depictions of storming bunkers and camaraderie under fire, Pressure offers us the quiet heroism of rational restraint in the figure of James Stagg, who weathered his inner storms and bore the courage to be disliked.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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In this way, the film offers one of the most unique and realistic depictions of a famous historical battle ever put to screen.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The art show paired portraits of animals that exhibit same-sex behaviors, like peacocks and flamingos, and was meant to be a commentary on how queerness has been hidden throughout history, leaving artists to use symbolism to communicate their point of view.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Some viewers and beginner-painters valued his bare-bones instructions on how to create unchallenging landscape portraits, while still some others undoubtedly enjoyed Ross and his painting lessons for their snark value.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Displays show campaign ephemera and memorabilia, from Shepard Fairey’s iconic HOPE poster to children’s drawings.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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For almost a decade, the company headed by Elon Musk has been trying to fend off allegations that the assembly line in Tesla’s Fremont plant was a hostile work environment filled with racist slurs, graffiti and drawings of nooses and swastikas.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Müller joins their ranks with these affectionate images.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Disney’s social media accounts did some further rib-nudging over the weekend with tweets paraphrasing Swift lyrics as captions for the billboard images, some of which featured the character Jessie.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Noun
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After Monroe’s death, Arnold embargoed the vast majority of her photographs of the star, in the hopes of protecting her image from media exploitation.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Decades after Julian’s vanishing there, the band and various hangers-on recall eerie incidents both in and out of the house—rooms full of occult literature; pub full of haunting photographs—as well as the glimmering stranger circling the Orpheus-esque Julian.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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“Representations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representations. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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