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representation

noun

Definition of representation

as in depiction

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 representation Oregon State’s players took the campaign a step further, petitioning state regulators for union representation and the right to bargain with their university. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 As part of the UCAA campaign, members of Oregon State women’s basketball filed a petition for union representation with the Oregon Employment Relations Board and are expected to request that the university grant them employee status voluntarily. — Justin Williams, New York Times, 31 July 2026 The State Bar of California said all immigrants seeking representation should ensure the contact information for any lawyer matches what is on its website. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 Others argue, meanwhile, that grades are not actually an accurate representation of what students are learning. — Erin Clabough, The Conversation, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for representation

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Noun

The design includes an image of the President alongside the text of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a Freedom 250 gold flag and a depiction of the Founding Fathers gathering to sign the Declaration of Independence.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 31 July 2026
The series’ blend of soapy melodramatics and rough-and-tumble underworld menace will be familiar to anybody who has watched Power, but Power and its spinoffs have always been confident in their only-for-adults depictions of adults-only situations.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Definition of depiction

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The heartwarming family portrait captures a moment of togetherness before an important new chapter for the eldest, who is set to begin boarding school at Eton College this fall.

— Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
His new cinematic experience, for example, turns romantic ideas of the summer on their head to paint a contemporary portrait of longing for connection steeped in resignation.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Definition of portrait

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New images circulating online appear to show what defense analysts believe is the fifth prototype of China’s sixth-generation J-36 fighter jet, according to a report.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
The island now houses the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, where visitors can search digital images of ship manifests for the immigration records of their relatives.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of image

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In another conversation, Marcee Gray brought up an online drawing showing Colt alongside the Columbine shooters and Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz in the style of a Weezer album cover.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The Nazca Lines, enormous drawings and ⁠geometric figures etched into desert plains in the south of the country, are one of Peru’s main tourist destinations, attracting approximately 100,000 annual visitors.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of drawing

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Chef Yannick Lohou, fresh from Barcelona, holds the dining room spellbound with pretty-as-a-picture dishes such as toro tartare with caviar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
At the height of the beef, like any millennial amidst a friend-group falling-out, Drake appeared to be rewatching The Sopranos, posting pictures from the show to his Instagram Stories.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of picture

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In this photo illustration, the logo of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is displayed on a smartphone in front of abstract background on computer screen.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
There is no better illustration of speechlessness being deployed as a weapon, forcing the loquacious, as if at gunpoint, to fill the void with words.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of illustration

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The Presidential Press and Information Bureau, which released the photographs, said the meeting was held Monday morning but did not disclose the location of the meeting or provide details about what was discussed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
The printing was done within a day, and the quality was better than expected from my phone photograph.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of photograph

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