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representatives

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  1. Popularly elected officials who serve in state legislatures and in the House of Representatives in Congress. Representing the local districts from which they are elected, representatives support the interests of their constituents by proposing bills and programs. Elected for two-year terms, representatives in Congress must be sensitive to their constituents' concerns in order to be reelected.

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They proposed, and then scrapped, the idea of a member town hall, and are in and out of meetings with representatives from both sides.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The constituencies - or electoral areas - where you vote to choose your political representatives are all new.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Times staffers will be joined by representatives from the Theodore Payne Foundation and the California Native Plant Society who will share plant information and resources at this year’s Festival of Books.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Lebanese and Israeli representatives are scheduled to meet in Washington Tuesday for US-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon, but the prospects of an agreement appear slim.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The four representatives of the upper classes sat down wherever they could—there were only two stools—and stared at the holy man in receptive silence.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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