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symbolic

[sim-bol-ik] / sɪmˈbɒl ɪk /


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The best likely outcome for investors: Symbolic gestures that steady the relationship and preserve, and possibly extend, the detente reached last fall.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Named after Cambridge University mathematician and logician John Venn, they first appeared in his book "Symbolic Logic" in 1880.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024

“But it doesn’t mean my clients wouldn’t want it. Symbolic relief is not nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Symbolic of the rift was the cancellation of what had been until now a routine set-piece of Franco-German friendship - the regular joint meeting of the two countries' cabinets.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022

In archaic times man was unable to give expression to this concept, so he represented it by symbols: hence the earliest art was Symbolic art.

From Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter by Govett, Ernest




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