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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
Before Sunday’s screening, a slide noted that ABC News Studios and Hulu support the Downtown Women’s Center, which helps homeless women and gender diverse individuals; LGBTQ+ advocacy group PFLAG; and the Geena Davis Institute, which works to improve representations of women and girls in media.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
These digital, blockchain-native representations of fiat currency are quicker and cheaper to send, offer faster settlement and are accessible globally.
—Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That diversity makes the model’s representations more detailed, but still broad enough to be relevant across different regions and scientific tasks.
—Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
The ability to efficiently factor group representations is important for several real-world tasks.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet for all of these strides, representations of HIV in film are still hard to come by.
—Scott Malia, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The signs are symbolic representations of those constellations, and each one comprises 30 degrees of the celestial longitude of the ecliptic.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
But the data published by the UC-Berkeley researchers does not fully match ICE’s public representations.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 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
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
These digital, blockchain-native representations of fiat currency are quicker and cheaper to send, offer faster settlement and are accessible globally.
—Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That diversity makes the model’s representations more detailed, but still broad enough to be relevant across different regions and scientific tasks.
—Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
The ability to efficiently factor group representations is important for several real-world tasks.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet for all of these strides, representations of HIV in film are still hard to come by.
—Scott Malia, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The signs are symbolic representations of those constellations, and each one comprises 30 degrees of the celestial longitude of the ecliptic.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
But the data published by the UC-Berkeley researchers does not fully match ICE’s public representations.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
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The only thing neighbors’ cameras will share are pictures and clips of dogs that could be yours.—
Mike Feibus,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The reporter had already sent me pictures and audio recordings, promising a complete draft by Monday night.—
Zahra Nader,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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The town's growing acknowledgement of its past comes at an odd time for a county that voted 76% for the president in 2024, which since being reelected has tried to erase negative depictions of the country's past.—
Jenna McMurtry,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
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Seriously though, the chemistry between Stewart and O’Brian is off the charts, which is all too rare for cinematic depictions of gender-nonconforming women.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
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The same could be said of Piccioli, whose muses include the French actor Isabelle Huppert — portraits of whom were shared as a teaser prior to the show.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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On Instagram through the years, he's shared many glimpses into that time in his life, from school portraits and prom pics to Christmas memories and beyond.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Check Megabucks Plus payouts and previous drawings here.—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Breast ultrasound uses sound waves to look at the breast and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses radio waves and magnets to make detailed images, often used for high-risk patients.—
Dr. Megha Gupta,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, along with the official documents, Israel uncovered images of the activist with Birawi.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Entitled Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, the statute bars both photographs and broadcasting from the courtroom of a federal criminal trial.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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After clearing the idea with Springsteen himself, Clinch began working on ideas to feature his most iconic photographs.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Representations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representations. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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