symbolic

Example Sentences

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"These achievements weren't symbolic, Guglielmo provided a crucial public service, he helped country people survive in a really harsh natural environment," Dr. Ilko says.

From Science Daily

These offer British firms "really important access" and are "symbolic of what we're doing with the relationship", he said.

From BBC

Moving through, we encounter unpredictable groupings of works made between the 1980s and the present, most deploying a traditional vocabulary of symbolic marks in sometimes inventive, sometimes unremarkable ways.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such a victory would be more than symbolic.

From Salon

However, experts say the law is largely symbolic and aimed at highlighting the challenge of growing international interest in a wide range of fruits native to the Amazon.

From Barron's