1
as in to characterize
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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2
as in to depict
to present a picture of
a painting representing the ocean at sunrise
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as in to symbolize
to serve as a material counterpart of
this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth
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Over 20 galleries representing more than 80 artists can be found inside the pastel stucco buildings with clay-tile roofs.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Other legislators representing the county could not be reached for comment by press time.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
People take pictures of a setup representing a McDonald’s restaurant with a picture of President Donald Trump at the window ahead of the Liberty Ball on Inauguration Day of Trump’s second presidential term in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.
—Russell Leung, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Unions representing foreign service officers and other USAID employees sued the Trump administration on Thursday to halt efforts to dismantle the agency and freeze most foreign aid.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Other legislators representing the county could not be reached for comment by press time.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
People take pictures of a setup representing a McDonald’s restaurant with a picture of President Donald Trump at the window ahead of the Liberty Ball on Inauguration Day of Trump’s second presidential term in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.
—Russell Leung, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Unions representing foreign service officers and other USAID employees sued the Trump administration on Thursday to halt efforts to dismantle the agency and freeze most foreign aid.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
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Energiewende, Germany's energy transition, is characterized by what some critics consider to be overly ambitious goals for achieving net greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045.—
Gordon Feller,
Ars Technica,
6 Feb. 2025
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History of safety concerns Prosecutors and defense characterized the mother-son relationship as tumultuous, with law enforcement being called for domestic violence in November 2023, leading to the son’s arrest, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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His film, a sweeping three-and-a-half-hour-long epic that depicts fictional architect László Tóth, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor starting over in the United States, has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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Then again, a closer confluence between what’s depicted, and the revelation of its meaning, would’ve certainly yielded stronger and more visceral drama.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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The move symbolized the country’s zero-tolerance approach to Kurdish autonomy.—
Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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To me, Lamar’s Super Bowl appearance symbolizes a broader reckoning with how the NFL handles the tension between politics and corporate entertainment.—
Christina L. Myers,
The Conversation,
6 Feb. 2025
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The untitled movie is described as an original event film created and helmed by the iconic director.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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Nordquist’s mother, Linda, described her son as a man with a romantic heart and told Syracuse.com that Nordquist left home to pursue a romantic relationship.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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The many actors who have portrayed the character on screen include Alan Rickman, Ben Mendelsohn and Matthew Macfadyen.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Bill Nye, former Science Guy and current C.E.O. of the Planetary Society, has portrayed the dream of Mars colonization as a dangerous delusion.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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The 2025 summit in Paris, governments and AI companies agreed at the time, would be the place to define red-lines for AI: risk thresholds that would require mitigations at the international level.—
Billy Perrigo/Paris,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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All of that information goes into the agency’s computers, which process the data to begin defining what’s going on in different parts of the atmosphere.—
Christine Wiedinmyer,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Represent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/represent. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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