representations

noun

plural of representation
as in pictures
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 Both encode information in high-dimensional vectors, transform those representations using matrices and tensors and convert internal states into probable outputs. — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 His second grid made clever work of visual representations of typefaces. — New York Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Founded by Paul Kohner in 1938, The Kohner Agency is the second oldest in Los Angeles behind WMA (now WME) with long traditions in talent representations. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 Such false representations would likely violate relevant state law. — Benjamin Swasey, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 This is when models take in large-scale data to learn to predict which word comes next in an input, building foundational representations of language. — Greta Reich, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 The suit specifically challenges Meta’s representations that the glasses were designed for privacy and that users remained in control of their data. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Her massive concrete site-work, which takes up the entirety of the Geffen Galleries plaza, is peppered with fragmentary representations of the Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl and the simulated footprints of Californian fauna. — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Still other explanations presume that the gods’ artistic representations in ritual settings are the basis of the meaning of their multiform appearances. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
  1. pictures
  2. depictions
  3. portraits
  4. drawings
  5. images
  6. photographs
Noun
  • But the sight of a man sleeping atop the shelter next to a shopping cart caught the attention of onlookers, some of whom pulled out their phones to take pictures, as first reported by KTLA.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, overflowed, destroying pictures of the late 13-year-old boy whom Campbell helped raise — and just about everything else in her home.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictures
Noun
  • The cumulative effect of the bowl’s ambient violence (robbery, assault, and overdose abound) amounts to an open-air despair not unlike Fox News-style depictions of California as a wholesale war zone.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The collaboration launches with the work of LeRoy Neiman, who is known for his expressionist depictions of sports, leisure, and other facets of Americana.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of depictions
Noun
  • Several hang in the Musée d’Orsay, including one of his portraits of the physician who treated him, Doctor Paul Gachet.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Other novelists have turned to acidic, class-conscious portraits of the underemployed—see Andrew Martin and Halle Butler.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of portraits
Noun
  • Tuesday’s Fantasy 5, Mega Millions and Jackpot Triple Play drawings didn’t provide much of a financial return for players aside from one ticket from a Fort Lauderdale Publix.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The drawings, the performances, the writing, the imperfections, the choices.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of drawings
Noun
  • Gorgoni shot his images in the snow, endowing Shift with a stark graphic identity devoid of human occupancy.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In March, the company debuted Luma Agents, which can execute creative work across text, images, video, and audio on behalf of studios, marketing teams, and agencies.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of images
Noun
  • Wiener not only leaves behind a richly complex body of work straddling textiles, painting, photographs, and collages, but also a career intricately connected to one of the most important chapters of Austrian art.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Fans have been making the pilgrimage for years, but photographs of a mass gathering on the bridge between the band’s Prague concerts in 2024 appear to have helped fuel a modern-day boom.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of photographs

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“Representations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representations. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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