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Recent Examples of unrepresentative
Research increasingly shows that local planning meetings are deeply unrepresentative, with participants skewing older, whiter, more likely to be a homeowner — and therefore more likely to support measures that prioritize their property values and the status quo.
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Rachel Cohen, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Everything that happens in Tastemaker Season is determined by small, entirely unrepresentative bodies: a few dozen New York journalists at the NYFCC, tiny juries of creatives at the Gothams.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2024
The majority of existing datasets are small, unrepresentative, or incomplete.
—Ulrich Boser, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Many lawmakers cast that race as unrepresentative of the trend, noting that Dingell spent months longer than Crockett locking down support.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
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Rachel Cohen, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Everything that happens in Tastemaker Season is determined by small, entirely unrepresentative bodies: a few dozen New York journalists at the NYFCC, tiny juries of creatives at the Gothams.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2024
The majority of existing datasets are small, unrepresentative, or incomplete.
—Ulrich Boser, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Many lawmakers cast that race as unrepresentative of the trend, noting that Dingell spent months longer than Crockett locking down support.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepresentative
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The bizarre case of Luigi Mangione should also be considered a needless stain on Baltimore.—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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The bizarre incident occurred early Tuesday when authorities say a man hopped a metal fence of a home in the 900 block of Wakefield Avenue and set fire to a black sedan in the front yard.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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People say Yoko’s art is strange and her music is not very good.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Many had wondered what her future held with the company and that her acting like nothing had happened was a little strange.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Avoiding pressure from her Taiwanese immigrant parents, future doctor Waverly Liu (Andrea Bang) forgoes a prestigious fellowship to spend the months before her residency in an aggressively quaint Canadian town with her artist aunt.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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Judging by some of the bruising tackles on display, bragging rights still matter hugely, but tempers never threaten to boil over, which somehow feels fitting considering the rather quaint ‘Gentlemen — No Swearing Please’ sign hanging on the side of the dugouts.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The plan was already beginning to emerge on a sheet of Mylar graph paper—an oval, surrounded by arrows, with a handful of anomalous objects marked.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Monitor for anomalous process relationships, such as mfpmp.exe spawning network connections or writing to %APPDATA%.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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The surgery—an ablation (where doctors burn away abnormal tissue)—lasted a few hours, and recovery took three weeks.—
Katrina Martin,
Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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Cancerous lumps vary greatly in appearance but usually tend to have a few similar characteristics, including an abnormal shape; rapid growth; ulcerated areas; abnormal color; hair loss; and attachment to an underlying tissue.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Kathy Griffin just spilled the beans on a quirky habit of her ex, Jack Black, that left her questioning his hygiene.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The quirky structure is sandwiched among three gum trees and features a secret door, indoor bar, tiki torches, hammock, and rope-and-pulley system for hoisting up supplies.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Bollywood has seen some remarkable box office performances for re-releases in the past few months and the romantic movie, Sanam Teri Kasam is the latest one to lead the race.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The very fact that there is a debate to be had about which country has the advantage in this war shows a remarkable inversion in expectation.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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Previous studies have attributed persistent medical conditions astronauts on the ISS have reported, such as skin rashes, cold sores and some atypical allergies, to their altered immune systems.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Apple shared an additional 632% during that time, though this last was partly due to an atypical second half of 2022, when the company shared over 300,000 accounts.—
Emma Woollacott,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepresentative. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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