symbolic
Example Sentences
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"We have lost one of our region's defining characteristics, a symbolic asset," Puglia's regional president Antonio Decaro told reporters at the site on Monday.
From BBC
"It visualises the state providing concrete compensation to the families of fallen soldiers... as a symbolic showcase," he said.
From Barron's
By switching between number symbols and dot clusters, the researchers could test both symbolic number understanding and more basic quantity recognition.
From Science Daily
The resulting image is crystalline—and full of symbolic touches attesting to his status.
“It’s welcome, but it is mostly a symbolic gesture,” said Ricardo Torres Pérez, a Cuban economist at the American University in Washington.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
