symbolize

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Wolfsthal is among experts involved in the "Doomsday Clock" meant to symbolize how near humanity is to destruction.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Together, they symbolize a fast-rising military power expanding its reach in all directions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

MacArthur Park has come to symbolize some of Los Angeles’ most intractable issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

"Lines on maps started to symbolize the limits of political sovereignties rather than the boundless divine promises. This transformed the way that the Bible's descriptions of geographical space were understood."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Vieta in 1579 began to use algebraic variables—X, Y, Z, etc.—to symbolize unknown quantities.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos