symbolic
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After days of searching shelters and morgues, many Nepali families held symbolic funeral ceremonies on Tuesday to "liberate the souls" of loved ones missing since the deadly flash floods last week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The location of the Xi-Putin meeting carries symbolic meaning for the pair, who have met dozens of times before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
"This directly explains the presence of bows, arrows, and maces in the women's tombs; these were not just symbolic gifts but tools they actively used."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
All this is symbolic of a man who is both pathetic and corrupt.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
One time she and Mom had been talking about numbers, and Mom had said that they were symbolic.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing symbolic
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