symbolic

Example Sentences

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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

The BMF may be a symbolic title but it has turned into a status symbol for the UFC's most exciting fighters.

From BBC

Their willingness to take to the streets also carries symbolic weight.

From The Wall Street Journal

It shows a red outline of a hand whose fingers were reworked, researchers say, to create a claw-like motif which indicates an early leap in symbolic imagination.

From BBC