symbolic
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Some 30 years later, the case retains enormous symbolic and political weight in Cuba and among the Cuban exile community.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
All of these songs carry the common themes of warmth, happiness and the elementally symbolic power of sunshine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Trump’s arch, groused the New York Times, “would drastically change the sightlines between some of the country’s most symbolic memorials.”
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Supporters of Nyong’o’s casting note that Helen of Troy is not a historical figure bound to a single visual interpretation, but a literary and symbolic character whose meaning has shifted across cultures and eras.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
“But that isn’t why I chose it as my symbolic name.”
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Vocabulary lists containing symbolic
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