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a visual design intended to look like someone or something
The cave was painted with representations of horses and bison.
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Recent Examples of representations
This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death.
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Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
There is so much power in storytelling and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling and inclusive representations.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
As Morrison pointed out, representations and practices can be mutually reinforcing.
—Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
The defendants are also prohibited from making misleading representations related to earnings claims, testimonials, and the use of artificial intelligence.
—City News Service, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026
The real leap, some experts suggest, is systems that can plan, act, and ground their representations in physics, biology, and lived constraints, while still being auditable.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Even more striking, zebrafish maintained accurate spatial representations in complete darkness.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Pitman, the judge who oversaw the case, said the statements were not just not misleading but that plaintiffs were borderline sanctionable for their representations to the court.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
What’s more, a few studies have suggested that those representations are growing more similar as models grow more capable.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 7 Jan. 2026
Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
There is so much power in storytelling and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling and inclusive representations.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
As Morrison pointed out, representations and practices can be mutually reinforcing.
—Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
The defendants are also prohibited from making misleading representations related to earnings claims, testimonials, and the use of artificial intelligence.
—City News Service, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026
The real leap, some experts suggest, is systems that can plan, act, and ground their representations in physics, biology, and lived constraints, while still being auditable.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Even more striking, zebrafish maintained accurate spatial representations in complete darkness.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Pitman, the judge who oversaw the case, said the statements were not just not misleading but that plaintiffs were borderline sanctionable for their representations to the court.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
What’s more, a few studies have suggested that those representations are growing more similar as models grow more capable.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representations
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Deuxmoi showed pictures of McRae and Hughes dining at Anton’s in the West Village the month prior.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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In these 2-foot-square pictures, long-haired nude female figures in close Edenic companionship with wild beasts poke their heads out from behind lush tropical foliage, and stare, unsettlingly, straight outward.—
Benjamin Lima,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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According to common depictions of his family’s dynamic, Mamdani inherited his leftist political ideology from his father, the anti-colonialist Columbia professor, and his dimpled charm and flair for the theatrical from his filmmaker mother.—
Rebecca Traister,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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Gone with the Wind earned Margaret Mitchell the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937, though many themes of the book are recognized as problematic today, including racist and stereotypical depictions of Black characters and the glorifications of slavery and the Civil War.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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My photographs—portraits, landscapes, still lives, and spaces both vast and claustrophobic—reveal cultural double standards and impermanence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Focusing on Mapplethorpe’s aesthetic research, the exhibition features over 200 works, tracing the evolution of Mapplethorpe’s visual language through themes like portraits, self-portraits, flowers and nudes.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Below is a recap of lottery drawings for the latest streak.—
Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
8 Feb. 2026
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When are the Hoosier Lottery drawings held?—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
8 Feb. 2026
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As the investigation into the shooting unfolded, detectives showed still images of Neves-Valente taken from surveillance video to several shooting victims.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Milan — Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned him from wearing his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Annie's husband, and Savannah's brother-in-law, is Tommaso Cioni, according to Page Six, which published photographs of the pair leaving their home in Tucson.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The complaint includes several photographs of deterioration and hazards.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Representations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representations. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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