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as in emblem
a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark
the traditional physician's symbol of a staff entwined with a snake
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as in sign
a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader
the symbol ¶ indicates where a new paragraph should begin symbols such as emoji that are used in texts
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as in to symbolize
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Recent Examples of symbol
Fortune, 13 June 2022
Press and hold the app icon, tap App Info (the i symbol), and tap Permissions.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 8 Sep. 2020
Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
Yet if apocalypticism is phrased in the rhetoric of visionary metaphor and symbol, then the current climate crisis is rendered in the language of arid climatology and geology, a distinction which makes a huge difference.
—Ed Simon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The laser eyes symbol that Saylor incorporated into his profile picture started in online Bitcoin communities but has spread to the mainstream.
—Fortune, 13 June 2022
Press and hold the app icon, tap App Info (the i symbol), and tap Permissions.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 8 Sep. 2020
Verb
By the 1960s and 1970s, as the youth market exploded and memories of war faded, advertising campaigns for German companies such as Volkswagen promoted their products as symbols of the counterculture.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
Yet if apocalypticism is phrased in the rhetoric of visionary metaphor and symbol, then the current climate crisis is rendered in the language of arid climatology and geology, a distinction which makes a huge difference.
—Ed Simon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symbol
Noun
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On the famous byway out front, a large white Route 66 emblem is painted on the road.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Beer bottles litter the foreground, blunt emblems of drunk driving.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The divorce will be finalized once the judge gives a sign-off.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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That is now down to 3%, according to JLL, a clear sign of stabilization.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In cultures across the globe, ladybugs have come to symbolize prosperity.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Locs symbolize patience and spiritual grounding.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Beast's placement underneath the WrestleMania 42 logo was an indicator that his match at Wrestlepalooza was far from a one-off for John Cena's retirement.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Amazon Prime logo is displayed on the side of an Amazon delivery truck in Richmond, California, on June 21, 2023.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Printing on both sides of a tabloid-size (11-by-17-inch) page, for example, takes four times as much ink or toner as printing on one side of a letter-size page.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The company received a letter of noncompliance, but no citation or fine.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Gang Suppression Force is supposed to be overseen by a group representing the coalition of the willing, troop contributing countries.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Second, Tesla’s training approach, shifting toward vision-only imitation learning from human camera data, represents a strategic attempt to scale skill acquisition without hand-crafting controllers for each task.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Is Kai Trump violating trademark laws?—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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The cake artist and fashion model partnered the aesthetic with her trademark winged eyeliner and bronzy shadow filling her eyelids.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even in antiquity, some thinkers embodied this courage.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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The bigger test, Powell says, was embodying the character.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symbol. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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