representative
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However, the Back Heathrow campaign pushed back against the councils, claiming their opposition was "not representative" of local residents.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"No one could escape, it was so sudden," said Nimsang Gurung, a sales representative with the company.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“This is brilliant,” said Joe Sever, 36, a medical sales representative who brought his son and twin daughters, who were wearing matching denim jackets with their names bedazzled on the backs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
A representative for the actor did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for confirmation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The French and the American revolutions both saw more or less tyrannical polities overtaken—at least on paper—by forms of representative democracy.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Kenyan representatives attended the meeting called by Bizimana in Burundi.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
To make the intervention work across many different settings, multinational working groups included representatives from every participating country.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
The authority is led by a DPS official and six governor-appointed board members — two from law enforcement, two from the insurance industry and two consumer representatives.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Volkswagen’s supervisory board had initially rejected Blume’s plan at a meeting in July, triggering two months of high-profile wrangling between the CEO’s team, worker representatives and Lower Saxony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
During the war with Britain, representatives of the colonies that were seeking independence created a governing document they called the Articles of Confederation.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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