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as in delegates
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 ambassadors
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 examples
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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Recent Examples of representatives
Comments from some of the company representatives indicated the president may need to do more convincing.
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 10 Jan. 2026
While the official announcement comes on Sunday, the women’s representatives from America should be set.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Her representatives quickly shut down the claims.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Pitchfork has reached out to Salt-N-Pepa’s representatives for comment.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
The world’s diplomats must refuse to seat or recognise Min Aung Hlaing or his representatives at any summit or ministerial meeting.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Netflix, Brown, and Harbour for comment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
The result is the first Lambo to reach a four-digit horsepower output; the company officially rates it as 1,001 hp, but the carmaker’s own representatives admit every example comfortably makes more than that.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
After an informal question and answer session with several representatives from TCEQ, more than a dozen people stepped to the microphone to deliver comments on the proposal.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 10 Jan. 2026
While the official announcement comes on Sunday, the women’s representatives from America should be set.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Her representatives quickly shut down the claims.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Pitchfork has reached out to Salt-N-Pepa’s representatives for comment.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
The world’s diplomats must refuse to seat or recognise Min Aung Hlaing or his representatives at any summit or ministerial meeting.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Netflix, Brown, and Harbour for comment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
The result is the first Lambo to reach a four-digit horsepower output; the company officially rates it as 1,001 hp, but the carmaker’s own representatives admit every example comfortably makes more than that.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
After an informal question and answer session with several representatives from TCEQ, more than a dozen people stepped to the microphone to deliver comments on the proposal.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representatives
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This talk is presented as both a Tiger Talk and as part of the IFFR Pro Dialogues program of industry panels for industry and press delegates at the festival.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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China sent close to 800 delegates.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Because creators are personal brand ambassadors and must devote hours a day to content creation, handling the business side of sponsor relationships is easier with a large-scale media company.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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In 2024, the Shibutanis returned to Korea as ambassadors for the PyeongChang Legacy Foundation.—
Alice Park,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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There are other examples of lawmakers leaving public office for lobbying roles, but keeping their accounts open and spending from them.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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These are just three examples of how the Canadiens used the teardown to not only acquire future assets, like any other teardown, but also used those future assets as trade capital to move the overall rebuild along at a quicker pace.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The video depicts deputies struggling to enter before getting inside and arresting demonstrators, who had been broadcasting demands that Stanford place divestment proposals on an upcoming Board of Trustees agenda.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Ventura County Sheriff's office said deputies found 67 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl, cocaine, promethazine, hundreds of oxycodone pills, six rifles and three handguns inside Baz's home in Van Nuys.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile Beijing’s envoys have brokered the return of territory captured by rebel groups to junta control, including the gemstone and ruby mining hub of Mogok.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
27 Dec. 2025
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So too have Putin's top foreign policy aide Yuriy Ushakov and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, both of whom have served as negotiating envoys for Moscow.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
16 Dec. 2025
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In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been analyzing the entire genetic code of virus samples to determine if the outbreaks are related, a newer technique that has not traditionally been used to assess measles transmission.—
Reuters 20 hr ago,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Division will continue to work with station owners to test fuel samples and identify impacted retailers.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to protest federal immigration activity after agents were involved in two different shootings this week, one that left a woman dead in Minneapolis and another that wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Some who marched carried signs of Good as well as others who have been killed by ICE agents or died while in ICE custody.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Delcy Rodríguez is Venezuela’s new president, but the country’s powerful defense and interior ministers could decide the future of Chavismo — and the nation.—
Terrence McCoy,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino, two of Maduro’s most important ministers, have made a point of speaking publicly many times over the weekend.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Representatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representatives. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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