REPS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

plural of rep

as in representatives

a person who acts or does business for another the company dispatched three reps to the annual marketing fair

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noun (2)

plural of rep, slang

as in reputations

overall quality as seen or judged by people in general I have a rep as a player to maintain, you know

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The rookie ran predominantly with the second and third units in his first practices, and his opportunities were limited as the team continued to manage his reps. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026 After watching Tuesday and Wednesday’s padded practices with a ballcap on, Sutton took a few walk-through reps Thursday but didn’t participate in any team-period work. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2026 The framework is learnable in a weekend, but the skill is built in the reps. — Ramon Cadiz, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Joint practices are often as helpful — if not more helpful, players have said — as the preseason games for finding good reps against opponents and truly making strides as a team. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026 Giving Banks those reps does more than offer a player more opportunity, though. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 Reps for Sony couldn’t be reached for comment, nor could Neill’s former reps. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 In their first reps of 11-on-11s, the Patriots deployed a base personnel grouping with three defensive tackles and three inside linebackers (Spillane, Elliss and Muma). — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 Williams was flanked at right guard by Rob Jones on Wednesday for the first time this camp, after second-year option Connor Colby had taken most first-team reps. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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But during Thursday's meeting, representatives for the property owner and developer said the discussion over the mobile home park closing is separate from the annexation, rezoning and variances for the property.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
No formal bill-writing negotiations have occurred, although Pritzker representatives and top legislative officials are scheduled to hold a second meeting of their data center task force this month.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

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Lafreniere, William Nicholl, Rudolfs Berzkalns and Owen Michaels all have top-flight reputations for two-way play; all will be shy offensive types.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 31 July 2026
The spring warrant cited charities, a hospital, other city officials and community members that Parris declined to identify for fear of their reputations being ruined.

— Pat Maio, Daily News, 31 July 2026

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Roughly 1,000 delegates of the California Federation of Labor voted Tuesday to endorse Proposition 40, a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires aimed at addressing looming healthcare cuts.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The vote to endorse the measure by party delegates from across the state and members of the executive board initially failed as backers were unable to cobble together enough support to cross the 60% threshold needed.

— Grace Hase, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

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So the professional bodybuilder, now 39, started putting some of his savings into popular US tech stocks — names like Google, Apple and Nvidia.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Or why filmmakers such as Joseph Losey and Cy Endfield at the height of their success would leave their families, and end up working in Mexico, England or Italy, often forbidden even to use their real names.

— John Bleasdale, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

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Earlier this year, a gunman from California stormed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and exchanged fire with Secret Service agents before being subdued.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele, was spotted by plainclothes federal agents who observed odd behavior and subsequently contacted the Lomita Sheriff Department deputies.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026

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The order would limit Miller’s ability to contact her attorneys, with Moreno saying in the filing that her ex-husband harassed, grabbed and insulted them.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
The committee also voted to hire attorneys from Butler Snow to serve as general counsel.

— TAYLOR VANCE, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

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