representatives

noun

plural of representative
1
as in delegates
a person who acts or does business for another a representative from the car dealership called to ask how we were enjoying the new car

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2
as in ambassadors
a person sent on a mission to represent another I speak on this matter as a representative of the people of the U.S.

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3
as in examples
one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like this song is a fairly good representative of the other songs on the album

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Recent Examples of representatives Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Union representatives said their meeting with Lecornu did not result in concrete proposals. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 Salazar-Rey and his union representatives can appeal the decision and bring it to arbitration. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026 After nearly a year of bargaining, the major sticking points between the university and its professors are salaries, workload and academic freedom protections, according to union representatives. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Around them was a constellation of auction house representatives, private dealers, and artists. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 Both slates will also feed into JAFF Market’s first Producers Exchange, which will set up meetings between participating producers and the JFP teams, JIPCon representatives, exhibitors and other delegates. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 During the meeting, Cohen explained that the event would bring together Jewish community representatives, diplomats and government officials, many of whom were not Jewish. — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representatives
  1. delegates
  2. ambassadors
  3. examples
  4. deputies
  5. envoys
  6. samples
  7. agents
  8. ministers
Noun
  • Late last month, roughly 100 dockworker delegates from four countries rallied outside DP World’s Centerm terminal at the Port of Vancouver, following an international anti-automation summit that included Montreal’s own CUPE Local 375.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The French gêne par procuration delegates discomfort, while the German Fremdschämen means foreign shame.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • The president leads the armed forces and can veto legislation, signs international treaties and appoints ambassadors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • While Washington has remained silent on the matter, the ambassadors of France and Spain in Haiti have both raised concerns about the modifications.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • The world’s highest-profile tech billionaires offer the most conspicuous examples.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The original plan for 25 street-legal M6 GTs was eventually altered to 50 examples due to FIA requirements, but production never came to fruition, derailed by the 32-year-old McLaren’s death during testing at Goodwood in 1970.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of examples
Noun
  • While county police officers became deputies under Cordero-Stutz’s authority, county correctional officers remained under Levine Cava’s authority.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow hopes a meeting in Russia between the envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin can be organized soon, perhaps as early as Wednesday.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Republican president's special envoys such as Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Tom Barrack have taken the lead on those matters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of envoys
Noun
  • Scammers can lift voice samples from videos people casually post on platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve samples for return to Earth, Ars reports.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of samples
Noun
  • For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In a video of the incident posted to social media, a black SUV was seen driving down the residential street before appearing to strike an observer as other observers blew whistles in warning of approaching agents.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • The initiative is also part of a cooperation Program for the cinema and audiovisual sectors signed in June 2026 by Italian and French cultural ministers, and with an expert group meeting for the first time at the MIA conference.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • With tensions rising between Israel’s far-right ministers and Hamas, the arrangement had run its course, Qatar believed.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of ministers

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