as in representative
a person who acts or does business for another
the company dispatched three reps to the annual marketing fair
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as in reputation
overall quality as seen or judged by people in general
I have a rep as a player to maintain, you know
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Recent Examples of rep
Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
As for Corbet, who has been supplanting his income with directing gigs on Portuguese commercials, the success coming away from The Brutalist should set him up for feature opportunities with greener pastures.
A24 and reps for Corbet didn’t return request for comment on this story.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
The Nobody Wants This star, 35, married Tyson Mason in a courthouse ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 18, Lupe's rep confirms to PEOPLE.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Modine’s rep was equally puzzled by the claim, but knowing that Kubrick worked out of the same studio as Harold Becker’s Vision Quest, the duo hatched a plan to have Warner Bros. and Becker send a print to Kubrick.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
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Billboard has reached out to Tacopina, as well as Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s reps.
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“Rep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rep. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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