Thesaurus / symbolize
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The fight to force Justice’s empire to follow pollution rules, the groups say, symbolizes the larger ongoing fight over how aggressively to regulate an industry that remains politically powerful, even as its economic influence declines.
THIS BILLIONAIRE GOVERNOR’S COAL COMPANY MIGHT GET A BIG BREAK FROM HIS OWN REGULATORSBY KEN WARD JR.SEPTEMBER 17, 2020PROPUBLICAYet rather than symbolize how polluted our environment is, the Cuyahoga has become a poster child for the EPA’s success.
51 YEARS LATER, THE CUYAHOGA RIVER BURNS AGAINWES SILERAUGUST 28, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEIt symbolizes changing the nature of what a cat is in order to better suit your purposes.
TOILET TRAINING YOUR CAT ISN’T AS GREAT AS IT SOUNDSCANDICE WANGAUGUST 27, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEIt used to symbolize a time when women were confined to housework.
WOMEN ARE FINALLY RECLAIMING THE ‘HOUSE DRESS’CLAIRE ZILLMAN, REPORTERAUGUST 21, 2020FORTUNESo the mushroom cloud that resulted symbolizes one of science’s most disturbing successes.
HOW UNDERSTANDING NATURE MADE THE ATOMIC BOMB INEVITABLETOM SIEGFRIEDAUGUST 6, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe dodecahedron symbolized all the heavenly bodies — the stars and planets, each perfect in shape and movement.
THE TWO FORMS OF MATHEMATICAL BEAUTYROBBERT DIJKGRAAFJUNE 16, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThe wall showed no further trace of damp, and the new chauffeur's bent back seemed to symbolize an extreme conscientiousness.
THE REGENTE. ARNOLD BENNETTA silence fell upon the room, a silence that seemed to symbolize the "biffing" of the doctor's son by old French.
PLASHERS MEADCOMPTON MACKENZIEIt has also been held to symbolize light or the god of light, of the forked lightning, and of water.
THE SWASTIKATHOMAS WILSONIt was in the form of a scythe to symbolize Time, the pendulum being a bunch of arrows to suggest the flight of the minutes.
HEROES OF TO-DAYMARY R. PARKMANWORDS RELATED TO SYMBOLIZE
- allegorize
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- tell the meaning of
- touch on
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