symbolic
Example Sentences
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Moving through, we encounter unpredictable groupings of works made between the 1980s and the present, most deploying a traditional vocabulary of symbolic marks in sometimes inventive, sometimes unremarkable ways.
Such a victory would be more than symbolic.
From Salon
However, experts say the law is largely symbolic and aimed at highlighting the challenge of growing international interest in a wide range of fruits native to the Amazon.
From Barron's
Monday's ruling is largely symbolic with no real way to enforce it: North Korea has for years ignored the lawsuit, and its leader Kim Jong Un has not responded to Japanese court summons.
From BBC
If you were to act alone, the gesture would be largely symbolic and would not “right” what you perceive as moral “wrong.”
From MarketWatch
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