symbolic

Example Sentences

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This fact, according to León, “marks a structural widening of the conflict beyond contained or symbolic strikes.”

From MarketWatch

This fact, according to León, “marks a structural widening of the conflict beyond contained or symbolic strikes.”

From MarketWatch

Any successor will likely have less personal authority than Khamenei and serve a more symbolic role.

From The Wall Street Journal

It brings with it symbolic recognition and the opportunity to maintain a formal connection to the university.

From Salon

Across the tent, in a display of performance art, Amanda Ross-Ho continuously pushes a giant, inflatable Earth around a soccer field, symbolic of “the labor it takes to just keep things going all the time.”

From Los Angeles Times