How to Use representative in a Sentence

representative

1 of 2 adjective

• The students chosen for the survey are a fairly representative sample of college students from across the U.S.
• The paintings are representative of English art in the early 19th century.
• The large star above the torch is the 19th on the flag and is representative of Indiana being the 19th state.
  — Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
• The 30-year mark, to me, feels so representative of growth.
  — Marquia Walton, ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
• O’Connell has to figure out a way to put a representative offense on the field during the last four games of the season.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The 62-yard run was representative of the big plays that have been back breakers this season.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• And to be representative, everybody must have a seat at the table.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• The stories are short, some scarcely a paragraph long, and the demented vibe of this one is representative.
  — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2023
• The morally bankrupt claims made by these groups are not representative of many of their members.
  — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• To make sure the smaller data set was still representative, Tyndall looked at the full data set as well as the final sample.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024
• The study – comprised of 1,159 respondents – was a representative sampling of the six counties that make up the San Francisco Bay area.
  — Anthony Paik, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2023
• The victim in her case is representative of a much larger problem that extends well beyond the borders of Brazil and persists to this day.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• This is a representative joke from him—its humor edged with metaphysics.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• The 37 cities used in the sample are representative of the entire country, the Council on Criminal Justice said.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 20 July 2023
• While professional soccer has made strides to become more representative, the pipeline to get there has a long way to go.
  — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 17 July 2023
• The food at Saba, overseen by the chef de cuisine, Marie Guevara, is representative of what got diners hooked.
  — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• Her body, meant to be more representative of women with Down syndrome, includes a shorter frame and a longer torso.
  — Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2023
• That’s the whole point of our representative government.
  — WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023
• In fact, if these galaxies are representative, then most of the stars of the early Universe were in massive galaxies.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2023
• Worse, the respondents answering by the end of the survey will not be representative of the full population.
  — Nate Cohn, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The weekly claims numbers are broadly as representative of the number of US layoffs.
  — Matt Ott, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• The operators said the low turnout proved that the outcome of the vote was representative of only a minority of Parisians — those opposed enough to e-scooters to show up.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
• Entrants will be graded on their ability to perform a range of tasks deemed to be representative of day-to-day computer use.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• Murray has been representative of their struggles as a team.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
• The presidential election in the coastal country of 5.5 million is another test for the future of representative rule in West Africa.
  — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• The Post-Ipsos poll is one of the most detailed nationally representative surveys to date focused on the opinions of AR-15 owners.
  — Emily Guskin, Aadit Tambe and Jon Gerberg, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
• As any parent will tell you, such videos just aren’t representative of what cooking with young kids is typically like.
  — Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
• Since this group is a very diverse group of animals, it can’t be assumed that this particular species is representative of the feeding habits for all.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
• Yoda will retain the outstanding 22% in his own name and stay on as Gaga’s chairman and representative director.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023
• In an interview after the meeting, Langille said the effort from the students was impressive but not representative.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023

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representative

2 of 2 noun

• Do you know who your representatives are?
• The bill was introduced by Representative Smith.
• Maki is the North Idaho field representative and a hunter in the area.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• Jacquard, a former state representative from Cranston, has been confirmed to the longest of the staggered terms, set to end in May 2026.
  — Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• At the time of his son’s death, Guffey, 43, was running for state House representative.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 13 May 2023
• At Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Tubby reigns as mascot, and the gooey white condiment gets poured on a representative from the game’s winning team each year.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• According to the Teamsters’ charge, Amazon twice called the police to eject the union from the premises, despite their right to be there as the drivers’ representative.
  — WIRED, 13 June 2023
• The Indiana native was the lone representative of the state in any Beard award category in 2022.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• Mayor Kate Gallego and the council will vote on a new representative for the seat at the 2:30 p.m. public policy meeting on April 9.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
• His death was announced by a representative from the band’s record company.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• The three-time Oscar winner and her spouse of 45 years shared the news of their separation in a statement from a representative for Streep obtained by People.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2023
• On Monday, District Dogs ownership spoke with each of the owners who lost dogs or their on-site representatives.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• At the Thursday House hearing, a D.C. police union representative warned the agency is struggling with staffing shortages.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
• One of the more interesting facts the master plan shows, according to the Wight representative, is that every resident of the district is within a half-mile of a park.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
• Neither Tatum nor each team representative on stage knows the results until they are revealed.
  — Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2023
• For petitions to sign, graphics to share, and info on how to call your congressional representatives, link in bio.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2023
• However, a representative for Tyson admitted to Page Six that the former boxer was invited to the gala.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• The King, 75, recorded a special message as representatives from 56 nations gather in London on the eve of Commonwealth Day.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
• Reubens shot his brief scene opposite Taylor last June, a representative of the actor confirms.
  — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
• Just about all of them sent representatives to meet with Tyler and his family personally.
  — M.t. Richards, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
• The former Cruz staffer, who still works in politics, suggested that the approach encouraged by representatives such as Greene makes a job like Dyer’s easy.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Rock’s representatives for comment.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
• Does Allen think this change will make Grammy U membership more representative in terms of having more women or more people of color?
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
• Swift’s representatives came to the museum with the idea to display an array of items, some dating back to 2007, the Associated Press reported.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• One day, Taiping received a phone call from a Kuaishou representative, who said the company was looking to support rural entrepreneurs.
  — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Oddly, the report estimates customer service representatives during tax season last year spent 34% of their time waiting for the phone to ring.
  — The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
• Lake County must hear out the request and begin its petition process, as Deerfield officials were required to, and the plan is to schedule a meeting with Bridge representatives in the coming weeks.
  — Gavin Good, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
• Target representatives did not respond to a request for comment for this story.
  — Jaclyn Peiser and Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2023
• The rest are to be doled out based on separate conventions also happening that day based on a vote by GOP representatives from each of the state's 13 congressional districts.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
• The rate hike will fund a new customer service portal that Guerreiro said will free up representatives to assist with more complex inquiries or with customers who cannot use the online platform.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024