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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
While the lengthy interviews with Yo are gentle and tasteful (including scenes of her in the nude), the movie’s editing in more impressionistic scenes takes on the same semi-abstract qualities as Fitch’s representations, which seem to live halfway between the material and the emotional.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Tokenized deposit systems refer to digital representations of customer deposits on blockchain networks, regulated within the traditional banking system.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
There is so much power in storytelling and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling and inclusive representations.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
As Morrison pointed out, representations and practices can be mutually reinforcing.
—Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
The defendants are also prohibited from making misleading representations related to earnings claims, testimonials, and the use of artificial intelligence.
—City News Service, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026
The real leap, some experts suggest, is systems that can plan, act, and ground their representations in physics, biology, and lived constraints, while still being auditable.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Even more striking, zebrafish maintained accurate spatial representations in complete darkness.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Tokenized deposit systems refer to digital representations of customer deposits on blockchain networks, regulated within the traditional banking system.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
There is so much power in storytelling and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling and inclusive representations.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
As Morrison pointed out, representations and practices can be mutually reinforcing.
—Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
The defendants are also prohibited from making misleading representations related to earnings claims, testimonials, and the use of artificial intelligence.
—City News Service, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026
The real leap, some experts suggest, is systems that can plan, act, and ground their representations in physics, biology, and lived constraints, while still being auditable.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Even more striking, zebrafish maintained accurate spatial representations in complete darkness.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
Noun
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Police released pictures of the suspects, a man and woman, and asked anyone with information to contact investigators at (213) 486-5947 or 1(877) 527-3247.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Travel pictures and videos generated and edited using AI are used to lure people into paying for travel packages or tours that don’t exist.—
Christopher Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The episode delves into the confidential medical procedure to collect DNA and evidence and gives one of the most detailed depictions of the process for television.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2026
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The episode delves into the confidential medical procedure to collect DNA and evidence and gives one of the most detailed depictions of the process for television.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The robust, 1,800-plus-piece collection includes everything from photographs by Jamel Shabazz and sculptures by John Ahearn to portraits painted by Henry Taylor.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
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Additional portraits are available for $5 each.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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The games feature cartoon drawings and music.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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Efforts by the Kremlin to encourage more births had fallen flat, Sonin said, because women in Russia did not feel safe and secure, with the low birth rate direct evidence of that and effectively dispelling positive images of the country and war promoted by Russia and state-run media.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mostly Mute Monday tells a scientific story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Feb. 2026
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Even in the reception, bits of music history are everywhere — decades-old gear, signed posters from James Bond movies that recorded their iconic opening songs there and black-and-white photographs of all the legends who have graced the storied halls, from the Beatles to Oasis to Frank Ocean.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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Wilder couldn’t get over the fact that even the public bathrooms there were works of art—so striking that people actually stopped to take photographs of them.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Representations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representations. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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