symbolic

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Bannon has already served prison time in the case - a four-month sentence at a low-security federal facility in Connecticut - rendering any potential dismissal a more symbolic gesture.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The effect of allied support isn’t merely symbolic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

It is symbolic of your enterprising younger self, and all of those fancy cars and five-star vacations that you passed up on, perhaps using that money as a down payment on your next property instead.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

His team is developing neuro-symbolic AI, which combines traditional neural networks with symbolic reasoning.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Instead, the legislature contented itself with passing a symbolic “resolution of protest” against Brown.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson