Thesaurus results for REPRESENTS

represents

verb

present tense third-person singular of represent

as in characterizes

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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as in depicts

to present a picture of a painting representing the ocean at sunrise

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as in symbolizes

to serve as a material counterpart of this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth

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Recent Examples of represents The album’s closing song, a roots-rock reggae number with Sting on the chorus, represents the thirty-year evolution of Shaggy’s career. —

Natalie Meade, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England. —

Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 18 May 2026 In Chinese culture, owning a property represents more than financial stability and social standing. —

Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 Katai’s $253 price target for the stock represents an upside of about 19%. —

Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 May 2026 The coalition represents large importers that compete with Cambria, as well as small businesses like Keck's and home builders that buy quartz. —

Maria Aspan, NPR, 17 May 2026 Connecting Venice and Shanghai Through Water and Technology Each of the three vessels represents birth, growth and rebirth—or reincarnation, a central Buddhist concept—symbolized respectively by the colors yellow, red and blue. —

Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 The festival represents the company’s entry into the film industry. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2026 That represents quite a change for a stock that has gained 160% in the previous 12 months. —

Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 10 May 2026

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In the past couple of decades, however, Czernowin has deëmphasized the frantic gesturing that characterizes so much latter-day modernism.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Wilson’s approach to public life clearly has an element of what professional wrestlers call kayfabe—the winking, performative trollishness that now characterizes the online right.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026