symbolize

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Wolfsthal is among experts involved in the "Doomsday Clock" meant to symbolize how near humanity is to destruction.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Together, they symbolize a fast-rising military power expanding its reach in all directions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

"Lines on maps started to symbolize the limits of political sovereignties rather than the boundless divine promises. This transformed the way that the Bible's descriptions of geographical space were understood."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

If Therrien’s sculptures symbolize the unknown, he did not talk about it, says Cherwick.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

And had that, in fact, not occurred during and after the American Revolution, with the “band of brothers” he and Adams had come to symbolize being the obvious beneficiaries of the republican selection process?

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis