symbolic
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To answer this, the team examined evidence across four main areas: stone tool production, hunting strategies, symbolic behavior, and social complexity.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
“This symbolic milestone reinforces Tesla’s autonomy lead,” Percoco wrote in a Friday note to clients.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
She spoke during a symbolic visit to the eastern city of Nanjing, where she visited the mausoleum of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen, one of the few Chinese historical figures revered in both Beijing and Taipei.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Bannon has already served prison time in the case - a four-month sentence at a low-security federal facility in Connecticut - rendering any potential dismissal a more symbolic gesture.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Malcolm went home with a book about symbolic pictures, because what Dr. Relf had told him about the alethiometer had intrigued him greatly, and a book called The Silk Road.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing symbolic
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