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as in delegate
a person who acts or does business for another
a representative from the car dealership called to ask how we were enjoying the new car
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as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another
I speak on this matter as a representative of the people of the U.S.
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as in example
one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like
this song is a fairly good representative of the other songs on the album
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as in typical
having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind
a representative example of what that talented chef can do with even simple ingredients
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as in symbolical
having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else
a red cross on this map is representative of a hospital or other medical facility
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Recent Examples of representative
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Community members packed an April hearing on the permits, and state representatives for the area have questioned the mayor’s trust in xAI, especially as the company plans to set up a second data center in Memphis.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
All of them are represented at the club assembly, which votes on certain decisions each year through representative members (there were 1,947 last year).
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission, which contains representatives from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and council members from cities across the county, is set to hear a final budget presentation Wednesday.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Community members packed an April hearing on the permits, and state representatives for the area have questioned the mayor’s trust in xAI, especially as the company plans to set up a second data center in Memphis.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Masterpieces from contemporary designers like Taffin, Jacqueline Rabun, Hemmerle and Bina Goenka will be show in New York, as well as representative pieces from heritage houses like Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and David Webb.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
All of them are represented at the club assembly, which votes on certain decisions each year through representative members (there were 1,947 last year).
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for representative
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Wheeler has also served in various positions for the Texas Republican Party, including as a delegate to the state convention and a precinct chairman.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, others in their space delegate everything and watch their networks explode.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Grenell, a former US ambassador to Germany, has met with Maduro several times this year to secure the release of US citizens wrongfully detained in Venezuela in exchange for hundreds of Venezuelan migrants the White House had previously sent to El Salvador.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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Queen Kapiolani, Hawaii’s queen from 1874 to 1891, died on the land that became the site of the elephantine indoor/outdoor Hyatt Regency resort in Waikīkī, where Kumukahi was the cultural ambassador for a decade.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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Casting black actors as Anglo-Saxon nobles is only the most in-your-face example of this problem.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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For example, blood flukes in sea turtles can lead to range of inflammatory reactions in their vascular system severe enough to strand or kill them.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This isn’t your typical AI use case.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The battery is said to last eight hours of typical use, and the charging case will now provide an extra 48 hours of battery on top.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Thurston County Sheriff's Office said deputies were responding after a possible helicopter crash near Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington State.—
Jessica Gorman,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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David Forman, deputy commandant of midshipmen, a midshipman who mistook authorized law enforcement as a threat engaged and was injured in the process.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the administration has held limited meetings with the Taliban, such as White House special envoy Adam Boehler’s visit last week.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Steer's storied career includes leading the World Resources Institute, serving as special envoy for climate at the World Bank and founding president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Years later, a graduate student had collected samples of the cheese from its aging caves – damp, dark rooms cut into the hillside – and brought them back to the lab, where Wolfe noticed the change in appearance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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In the longer term, the best way to properly confirm these findings would be to return samples for analysis in terrestrial laboratories.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Magnesium is needed to transport potassium and calcium across cell membranes and maintain normal heart rhythms.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
16 Sep. 2025
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The weather when the sailor went missing were close to normal, according to Sky News Australia's Senior Meteorologist Rob Sharpe.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Representative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representative. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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