How to Use overrepresented in a Sentence

overrepresented

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• Samoans have become the most overrepresented group, per capita, in the NFL.
  — Rob Ruck, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2019
• In the Senate, the least populous states are now more overrepresented than ever before.
  — Emily Badger, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2016
• The result is that over time, declining species can become overrepresented in the literature.
  — Matthew D. Moran, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2020
• Catholics are even more overrepresented in the judiciary.
  — Peter Hammond Schwartz, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021
• Without preferences, many white legacies would be replaced by white non-legacies — or by Asians, the overrepresented minority at the heart of the aforementioned lawsuit.
  — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 23 Sep. 2019
• While Latinos represented the largest portion of victims, Black people were the most overrepresented among victims when compared with the city’s overall population, the data show.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• Women in New Zealand are overrepresented in low-wage industries.
  — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 23 July 2018
• One problem had been that certain record labels or label groups seemed overrepresented year in and year out, something that was especially noticeable in some of the classical categories.
  — Randy Lewis, The Seattle Times, 27 Jan. 2018
• For one thing, there is almost certainly no more overrepresented group in media, at least in relation to the population, than center-right conservatives.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Feb. 2021
• Even Asian American physicians, a group considered overrepresented in medicine, are much scarcer in orthopedics, making up just 6.7% of these specialists.
  — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 13 Dec. 2021
• Many resources and networks exist for founders from overrepresented backgrounds that do not exist for those from underrepresented ones.
  — Nik Milanovic, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• Beneficiaries are even more overrepresented in the Southeast and central Appalachia.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 22 July 2017
• That probably means online multiplayer games are a bit overrepresented in our sample, while strictly single-player games might be undercounted.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 6 June 2017
• That disadvantage doesn’t exist in the Senate, but a related one does: Because the states have equal representation—two senators each—rural states are hugely overrepresented relative to those with larger, more dense populations.
  — Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
• However, 23 percent were undecided, and the Wagner campaign said the survey’s sample overrepresented Democratic voters.
  — Andrew Seidman, Philly.com, 15 June 2018
• The only two categories in which women were somewhat overrepresented were neurological conditions and musculoskeletal conditions.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 3 July 2019
• Latino communities are still extremely overrepresented in coronavirus cases, representing 35% of all positive cases in Multnomah County despite only making up 11% of the population.
  — oregonlive, 1 July 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024