How to Use self-representation in a Sentence

self-representation

noun
  • The brain constantly updates this self-representation in response to what a person sees, feels and hears.
    — Utkarsh Gupta, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Routh's self-representation has already created issues, according to Judge Cannon, who has sharply rebuked some of his tactics in court filings.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Yet at a vital moment of national self-representation, the design’s self-effacing dimensions stirred up far-reaching questions about scale, politics, and monumentality.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The vast majority of those who turn to self-representation do so purely out of need; that a new technology could serve as a democratizing force within the legal world, legal access advocates urge, is essential terrain to explore.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The Sixth Amendment guarantees every defendant the constitutional right to self-representation.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

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