symbolic
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Makan’s casket, however, is empty — a symbolic burial for a child whose body was never recovered from the wreckage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
In a largely symbolic move, the OPEC+ nations announced Sunday that they would raise daily oil output by 188,000 barrels as the conflict continues to stifle global oil supply.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
"Species recovery is occurring and the ospreys are symbolic of a bigger set of stories that are going on here."
From BBC • May 2, 2026
He has, also, ingeniously arranged his horizontal, vertical and diagonal vectors within a gigantic, symbolic, circular frame.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Kennedy had sent fifteen hundred more U.S. troops into West Berlin, but the Soviet leader saw that for what it was, a symbolic show of support for the West.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing symbolic
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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