Thesaurus results for REPRESENTS

represents

verb

present tense third-person singular of represent

as in characterizes

to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats

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as in depicts

to present a picture of a painting representing the ocean at sunrise

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as in symbolizes

to serve as a material counterpart of this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth

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Recent Examples of represents In a lot of ways, Fiebig represents the deeper potential of co-op teams, and what could be lost if and when some high schoolers lose access to them. —

Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026 This does not mean being less loyal to an employer or less committed to the organization one represents. —

Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 Jason Ambrosi, president of the Air Line Pilots Association which represents more than 79,000 pilots in the United States and Canada, says automation and AI should support pilots, not replace them. —

Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 24 May 2026 This was followed by an agreement with the European Union in January, which represents a third of global trade. —

ABC News, 24 May 2026 Orange County Supervisors Janet Nguyen, who represents Garden Grove, and Vicente Sarmiento have both been active in helping open additional evacuation centers for affected residents. —

Austin Turner, CBS News, 24 May 2026 The album’s closing song, a roots-rock reggae number with Sting on the chorus, represents the thirty-year evolution of Shaggy’s career. —

Natalie Meade, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England. —

Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 18 May 2026 The coalition represents large importers that compete with Cambria, as well as small businesses like Keck's and home builders that buy quartz. —

Maria Aspan, NPR, 17 May 2026

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In the past couple of decades, however, Czernowin has deëmphasized the frantic gesturing that characterizes so much latter-day modernism.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Wilson’s approach to public life clearly has an element of what professional wrestlers call kayfabe—the winking, performative trollishness that now characterizes the online right.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026