The phrase "and it now represents" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when indicating that something has changed or evolved to symbolize or stand for something else at the present time.
Example: "The new logo was designed to reflect our company's values, and it now represents our commitment to sustainability."
Alternatives: "and it currently signifies" or "and it now stands for".
Use of the private sector grew far faster under the previous government, and it now represents only 1% more of the NHS budget than in 2010".
In recent decades, the incidence of EAC has been increasing markedly in Europe, the US and Australia, and it now represents the predominant subtype [ 2, 3].
The issue has now extended beyond the simple decision of who should lead England in Poland and Ukraine; it now represents a power struggle between two forces seemingly desperate for a separation.
Chorus and soloists spend a long time just describing the stage and explaining that it now represents the floor of a slaughterhouse.
Many of Dabiq's new residents have taken prominent roles in the legions of Arab and western Muslims who have helped turn Isis into the potent and terrifying ideological force that it now represents.
It now represents Santa Claus.
It now represents about 20% of sales.
His opponent, Ahmed Shafik, Mr. Mubarak's last prime minister, lashed back on Sunday in a sweeping attack on the Brotherhood, charging that the group was out for "revenge" against the former Mubarak government, that it used to collaborate with that government in secret deals, and that it now represented "chaos".
She and her older sister lived with their mother in Brookline, but spent lots of time with their father, David Burres, a lawyer who founded the American Civil Liberties Union branch in western Massachusetts and who, as Ms. Burres puts it now, "represented any kind of broken bird in town".
But the firm has also carved out a niche representing talent across the entertainment industry, and it is now representing Ann Curry as she negotiates her possible exit as a co-host of NBC's "Today" show.
It lies in the district where a young Bill Clinton once ran a failed campaign for Congress, and it is now represented by Asa Hutchinson, one of the House Republicans who presided over Mr. Clinton's impeachment.
