How to Use underrepresented in a Sentence

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• At least 30 percent of the film’s crew is from an underrepresented group.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2023
• The club has become the largest in the US, responsible for helping 5,000 underrepresented youths learn to fly.
  — Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2023
• Of course, the Indigenous and the deaf community, both of them are very small and underrepresented.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• But the majority of mammals are rodents and bats, which are underrepresented in these types of studies, per the paper.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• King hopes the upcoming Black Lens Spotlight Night will open doors for other groups that are often underrepresented in film.
  — Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times, al, 22 Aug. 2023
• Women have played a crucial and often underrepresented role in shaping and enriching the landscape of hip-hop.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
• The study found enrollment by underrepresented racial and ethnic groups fell more than a third by five years after the bans’ implementation.
  — Chandelis Duster, CNN, 30 June 2023
• Women are underrepresented in Silicon Valley, so the pressures on those at the top are tremendous.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 25 Feb. 2023
• The views of elderly and religious people, for example, are underrepresented, both in datasets and on the teams that create A.I. systems.
  — Paul Bloom, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
• Good news: Boards are turning less to CEOs for director seats, a practice that has excluded women and those from underrepresented groups.
  — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
• The space also serves as an art gallery with exhibitions from underrepresented artists.
  — Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• Those Vidette stories led Jackson to create a stand-alone media outlet for the underrepresented, Onyx Connect.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
• Women make up the majority of the workforce in these industries, but are underrepresented in management roles for four of them.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
• And of the 22 categories, 18 contain at least one nominee from an underrepresented group.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• There are more opportunities for underrepresented demographic groups, though TV still has a long way to go in that area.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
• To increase enrollment of all underrepresented groups on campus without race-conscious admissions, the study said, schools would need to overhaul the entire process.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023
• But critics say race-conscious admissions put a too-heavy thumb on the scale to benefit underrepresented groups such as Black and Latino applicants.
  — Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
• In the future, my goal is to tell more stories like Perkins’ that shed some light on the real issues facing kids, particularly underrepresented students.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• Find ways to uphold and strengthen diversity goals in admissions, help build pipelines of college-ready students from underrepresented groups, and work hard to keep them there.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 6 July 2023
• The Latino Data Hub hopes to design equitable policies that address the needs of the most underrepresented members of the Latino community.
  — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• One and Done Workouts claims to provide a solution for this group of people who are traditionally underrepresented in the weight loss sector.
  — Mark Jackson, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• By race and ethnicity, Latinos are underrepresented in the government — while nearly 20% of the U.S. is Latino, 10% of the federal workforce is.
  — Joe Murphy, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• There are so many things business leaders and companies can do to throw support behind people from underrepresented groups.
  — Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Although there are new beauty products and brands launching on the market daily, far too often, Black people in the industry are underrepresented.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 12 Sep. 2023
• Black patients — and Black surgeons — have been underrepresented in plastic surgery.
  — Sierra Leone Starks, Allure, 22 Mar. 2023
• And for directors from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups across the board, including Black, Latino and Asian creators, a similar story plays out.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• The cultural reckoning sparked by Floyd’s murder inspired studios to announce increased efforts to raise the profile and increase the pipeline of underrepresented groups working in movies and TV.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• It’s been known for decades that Latinos and other ethnicities are absurdly underrepresented in the film and TV industry.
  — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• The recruitment effort comes as wildfire season around the U.S. grows due to climate change and minorities remain underrepresented in forestry and firefighting.
  — Terry Tang and George Walker Iv, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• If the industry were interested in change, Smith told The Times, the easiest way to start would be by addressing disparities in casting for underrepresented girls and women.
  — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024