symbolic

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In the second scenario, where there is a limited truce with “symbolic deliverables,” the index-level impact in China would be relatively limited as domestic headwinds would continue to moderate the earnings-growth trajectory.

From MarketWatch

The resolution, while not enforceable and largely symbolic, displays the simmering discomfort in the Summer Games' next host city over Wasserman.

From BBC

The waiver may carry more symbolic than financial weight for Moscow.

From Barron's

For many diaspora members, however, the journey towards citizenship is not only symbolic.

From Barron's

Instead, the burial appears to have been part of a deliberate and symbolic ceremony that followed the killings.

From Science Daily