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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 esoteric will never sit completely comfortably in the mainstream, because that’s the point of it: to be unusual, bizarre, absurd.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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So many of the characters on this show speak with such bizarre, precise dialogue that can only make sense in the Severance world.—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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But a blinkered narrative coupled with misty-eyed aesthetic choices yield a strange and scattershot result.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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This is just a small sample of some of the strangest and most outlandish cameos Mario and his pals have ever made in a video game.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 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 wealth division's near-miss was reported to regulators and the company has since set up a tool to help vet large, anomalous payments and transfers, according to the report.—
Bhanvi Satija,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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Other Extended Features In addition to monitoring your credit card and bank accounts for anomalous transactions, Bitdefender alerts you to possible fraudulent transactions in your investment accounts.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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This trend is not abnormal because consumer confidence among Republicans was even worse during some of President Biden’s term.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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This can help determine if there is any abnormal growth.—
Julie Scott, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP,
Verywell Health,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bong’s rationalization is that quirky Mickey 17 opposes Mickey 18’s plans to assassinate Niflheim’s fascist developer, Kenneth Marshall, a lousy Trump impersonation by Mark Ruffalo, confirming the film’s predictably leftist political subtext.—
Armond White,
National Review,
12 Mar. 2025
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Amazon had long been active in warehouse and logistics robotics but had shown interest in home automation with its quirky Astro bot, which has taken a long time to roll out to very few people but is still technically available as an invite-only preview at $1,600.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
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It’s been remarkable how much the Company has grown and succeeded over that period.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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It’s been remarkable how much the company has grown and succeeded over that period.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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During these assessments, you may be asked to move in certain ways while your movements are evaluated for atypical findings.2 Some healthcare providers may use the bradykinesia-akinesia incoordination (BRAIN) test.—
Janelle McSwiggin, MSN,
Health,
15 Mar. 2025
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But the past several years have taught us that seasonal fluctuations can be atypical when other complex factors — such as a pandemic, housing shortage and dramatic changes in mortgage rates — are present.—
Nerdwallet,
Orange County Register,
10 Mar. 2025
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