symbolized

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Writers and painters often symbolized the Virgin Mary’s immaculate purity by placing her within a hedge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Alary said other support-group members said they were emotional hearing about it as it symbolized an important moment and turning a corner.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Together they symbolized a simpler, more imaginative world.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

In medieval maps, the tribal divisions of the Holy Land symbolized spiritual inheritance for Christians.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Even when the unknowns are appropriately symbolized and the relevant equation can be set up, the manipulations necessary to solve it are too often only hazily understood.

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