represent

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That institution comes in for specific criticism from Savouri who quips that the IMF acronym would be more accurate were it to represent the Invariably Mistaken Forecaster providing Grossly Distorted Projections.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The men in this book, in their 60s or thereabouts, represent different walks of life and various stages of contentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Last month, Mladenov told the UN Security Council that "the laying down of arms by militant actors would represent a decisive break from cycles of violence that have defined life in Gaza for decades".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

While performing on the world’s biggest festival stage, the trailblazing group of mariachi women wanted to represent the beauty and natural “alegria” of the Mexican music genre with “elegance, pride and responsibility,” said Hernandez, 25.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Galen’s extraordinary logorrhoea—his surviving works amount to 3 million words, and represent perhaps a third of what he wrote—is the consequence of his obsessive and futile effort to overcome this insuperable obstacle.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton