symbol
Example Sentences
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Late last year, Rome had to frantically lobby the White House not to slap 107% tariffs on Italian pasta—a national symbol—a move that would have humiliated Meloni after her efforts at friendship.
By switching between number symbols and dot clusters, the researchers could test both symbolic number understanding and more basic quantity recognition.
From Science Daily
Sam had six of them, including a crown of thorns, pilot wings and his fraternity symbols.
In its way, “Today” has become a bright candle of remembrance and a symbol of communal care, along with a reminder that these broadly recognizable figures are still as human as the rest of us.
From Salon
Other cables labelled him a "symbol of kleptocratic government and violent politics" and accused him of being "phenomenally corrupt".
From Barron's
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