symbols

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He said that he hopes to be released in July, when he finishes serving his five-year sentence for contempt, public disorder and desecrating national symbols.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Aeon doesn't have a human face but does have a display area on the front of its head, which shows symbols, such as a line when performing a task and a circle when listening.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

These were the most-searched ticker symbols on MarketWatch as of 6 a.m.:

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

And writing the formula in computer code doesn’t breathe life into it; it just uses a different set of symbols to describe it.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

“I don’t remember what all of them mean. I only know the astrological symbols and some of the alchemical ones, and I don’t know them particularly well, either.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern