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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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adjective

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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
Noun
Ingrid Corona, a long-serving telemetry nurse at Tri-City and the union’s chief nursing representative, said that the increases, which were presented to staff as necessary bonuses to help retain critical workers, came outside the collective bargaining process. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025 Newsweek has reached out to representatives of the two commissioners via email for comment. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The data is not nationally representative and encompasses a different set of sites than the last report with data from 2020, which captured data from only 11 sites. Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025 The sample of respondents was weighted to be representative of U.S. Census data. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for representative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representative
Noun
  • Native American leaders were delegates in 1907 to the state’s constitutional convention.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Kromer previously served as vice chair of the College Democrats of America, a delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention and a member of the state Democratic Party’s Executive Committee.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Employee perks include free park admission, complimentary and discounted tickets for friends and family, in-park discounts, employee referral bonuses and ambassador events and previews, the news release says.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Add Houston Rockets owner and ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, to the list of those dumbfounded by the Dallas Mavericks’ trade of Luka Doncic.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In Southern California, for example, the 50501 spokesman says food drives are planned to support people who continue to struggle in the wake of the January wildfires as well as those who may be affected by the rising price of goods amid President Trump's tariffs.
    Emma Bowman, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Visitors can double as such, by picking up trash, for example, and otherwise looking out for the environment at the parks.
    Addy Bink, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Some might offer better support than others or have a more natural resting spot for thumbs, but to greater or lesser extents, a good mouse is sculpted to fit the arch of the typical human hand.
    Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In a typical spring, apply the herbicide in early to mid-April.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The man, however, fled the courthouse before deputies arrived.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The deputy then found that the passenger, a 17-year-old boy, had the loaded ghost gun, police said.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, arrived in Moscow on Friday for a fourth visit to Russia since January in a bid to move negotiations forward with senior Kremlin aides.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
  • His envoy, Steve Witkoff, had made a visit to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the three weeks following Trump’s April 2 announcement, Amazon prices rose 4.2% on 50 products, according to a sample conducted by MoffettNathanson Research, an equity research firm.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • In the very small four-game sample size of 22 total minutes, the lineup has an offensive rating of 128.9 points per 100 possessions and a defensive rating of 75.6, good for an out-of-this-world 53.3 net rating.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Such intimidation may be normal in Putin's Russia, not in the civilized world!
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Seeing the color Olo needed specific stimulation to push the vision beyond its normal limits.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025

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