symbolic
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The balance of the book focuses on the compositional, symbolic and spiritual roles dogs play in art, specifically when it comes to the human condition, modern life and morality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche sits for a largely symbolic spectacle of a confirmation hearing; ICE agents kill two more men in Texas and Maine; and 12 states sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
However, Fifa's Code of Ethics, external has restrictions on offering and accepting gifts, with article 21 stating that such gifts can only be offered or accepted if they "have symbolic or trivial value".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The rules, which apply only to ethnic Tajiks, collide with deep-rooted Central Asian traditions, where children's names carry great symbolic importance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Descriptions moved easily from the physical to the symbolic and were incomplete without a range of references to poets and philosophers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing symbolic
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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