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 Tarrant disproportionately represents statewide enrollment loss in pre-K Statewide pre-K enrollment was 249,072, as of the 2025-26 school year — a loss of about 800 students compared to the previous year. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026 Colin Gray’s sentencing represents the end of a harrowing road that began with the September 2024 shooting in which his son, then 14, fatally shot two students and two teachers and injured nine others at his Winder, Georgia, high school. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 The Elias Law Group represents defendant-intervenors in the case. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026 The luminous five-foot-square canvas celebrating the first light of dawn represents a turning point in her creative process. — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 Notably Cinema United uses the same law firm that represents multiple clients opposed to our merger. — Brent Lang, Variety, 29 July 2026 The song itself represents their confidence in their return to the music industry and a fresh new chapter for the septet. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Margaret Johnson, a longtime customer at Sky’s who grew up in the surrounding Mid-City neighborhood, says that the restaurant represents the possibility of Black ownership. — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Amendment 4, however, represents the most aggressive attempt to overhaul the process in recent history. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

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Strada’s website characterizes the candidate as a successful businessman.

— Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Google acknowledges that regulators are open to adjusting the rules, but Walker still characterizes this ruling as a threat to privacy, business trade secrets, and even national security.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026

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Through his characters’ exploits, Ellis depicts two LAs—the teenage universe of mall food courts, movie theaters, and arcades, and the power lunch spots that underscore their precociousness.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 July 2026
Yoon drew extensively on these themes in his earlier works—most recently in the novel Run Me to Earth and the Story Prize–winning collection The Hive and the Honey—and his oeuvre depicts war’s psychological and material calamities.

— Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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According to the Navy, USS Georgia’s final return to Kings Bay symbolizes the beginning of the end for one of the Navy’s most versatile submarine classes.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
In medieval literature the dragon’s refusal to share its wealth symbolizes chaos, greed, and the social harm caused when valuable resources are removed from circulation.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of symbolizes

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Moore describes her apprenticeship as both exciting and exhausting.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
El-Sayed describes himself as a capitalist and is not endorsed by the Democratic Socialists, but shares a similar policy platform to many of their candidates, such as abolishing ICE.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of describes

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The actor remains tight-lipped about season four, except revealing that Bradley Whitford, who portrays Grace’s husband, first gentleman Todd, has a bigger role as expected.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026
Motoki portrays Murashige as curiously recessive — someone who has laid waste to myriad foes and has now lost his taste for bloodshed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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