symbolic
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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 Western brands, such as McDonald's and Levi's, continue to pay thousands of Russian employees, despite halting operations in the country.
From BBC • May 10, 2022
When Captain Quill and I checked Mellon’s books after his death, someone had returned his copy of The Christian Religion and Symbolic Logic.
From Unwise Child by Garrett, Randall
Vocabulary lists containing symbolic
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 5
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