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symbolize

verb as in represent; stand for

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Eight long years later, the common housecat continued to symbolize female resistance.

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They symbolize love, light, abundance and good luck.

“New York and L.A. have come to symbolize America in distant lands. To be a media capital or a cultural capital is to become a fashion capital.”

“Jo holds her hands up like she’s reading a book, Amy like she’s painting a canvas with a paintbrush, Beth’s on a piano and then Meg’s are up by her face to symbolize an acting mask.”

The $30-billion train line has come to symbolize the presidency of López Obrador, an ambitious, often divisive leader obsessed with cementing his legacy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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