representation

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Recent Examples of representation The very presence of women in Tissot’s representations of the city is significant. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025 Their compact representation of group relationships explains their enduring appeal in classrooms, infographics and Internet memes. Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025 Texas Sheet Cake, brisket, Dr Pepper, Whataburger, ranch water, and Blue Bell top this list, of course, as classic representations of Texas innovation and long-standing hospitality. Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025 The 118th Congress set the record for having the most LGBTQ representation in U.S. history, with 13 legislators openly identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for representation 
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Noun
  • The dramatized depiction of an investigation into Chandler’s claims against Jackson open and close the script, Puck states.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
  • This stunning marble depiction of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare will go on public display in the atrium of the Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood starting on January 25.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The images of Till’s mutilated corpse stayed in young Ali’s mind.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While most of the portraits on view at the AGO don’t depict specific women, Newton’s face appears again and again.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The result is an exceptional collection of portraits of children made between the 16th and 19th centuries located in their Mallorca museum.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • At age five, his depiction of Tom Mix snagged him a gold medal in the John Wanamaker department store's drawing contest.
    Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The ticket matched five winning Powerball numbers and the Power Play multiplier, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 18, the national Powerball site said.
    Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The clear picture here is that hunters in the South tend to be more successful.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2025
  • One of the BlueSky posts -- made a day before the shooting -- showed an edited picture of Rupnow, according to sources.
    Josh Margolin, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And that was really what started this concept of the illustrations, and the story happening in the book.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Photograph: Mother Jones illustration; Getty This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
    Anna Merlan, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This black-and-white photograph is of students in a classroom at Naperville High School in the late 1920s, only about a decade after the school was established in 1916.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Sporting a long beard and hair, Packer is seen in one photograph on a cellphone as other people assemble behind him on the steps of the Capitol.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Representation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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