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representative

[rep-ri-zen-tuh-tiv] / ˌrɛp rɪˈzɛn tə tɪv /






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Meta made its first payment in May, totaling $22.4 million, the representative said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

A representative for Roblox did not respond to a request for comment.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Murphy’s fellow representative, Democrat Zac Ista, told ProPublica he hadn’t been able to make a dent in this legislature.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

It’s why he once oversaw the men’s and women’s programs at Cal Poly Pomona, served as an athlete representative on U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

We know N., the number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, fairly well, by careful counts of stars in small but representative regions of the sky.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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