symbolic
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This kind of symbolic behavior suggests a deeper level of social meaning than previously recognized.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
And the Terafab collaboration “serves as meaningful symbolic validation” that Intel’s 18A chip process node is gaining credibility on the commercial side, Acree added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
The effect of allied support isn’t merely symbolic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
It marked the symbolic beginning of her ministry as archbishop, a role to which she was appointed after her predecessor Justin Welby resigned in 2024 after criticism of his handling of a serious abuse case.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
There can be no performance of a piece of music that has had so powerfully symbolic an impact as on that night in August 1942 in Leningrad.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing symbolic
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