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also emblematical
as in symbolic
having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else
the dove is emblematic of the organization's mission to bring some peace to a troubled world
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Recent Examples of emblematic
The sets also had to be emblematic of the interior worlds of the characters—people so secure in their positions that their statuses didn’t rely on logos or overt luxury cues.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
The final sounds in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday are probably most emblematic of what happened.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The wall jumping is emblematic of the issue.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The novel opens as the teenage Karl Rossmann, whose parents shipped him off to America for fathering a child when he was seduced by the family’s thirty-five-year-old cook, arrives on a steamer in New York harbor and sees the Statue of Liberty holding not the emblematic torch but rather a sword.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
The final sounds in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday are probably most emblematic of what happened.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The wall jumping is emblematic of the issue.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The novel opens as the teenage Karl Rossmann, whose parents shipped him off to America for fathering a child when he was seduced by the family’s thirty-five-year-old cook, arrives on a steamer in New York harbor and sees the Statue of Liberty holding not the emblematic torch but rather a sword.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emblematic
Adjective
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Ari Aster's sophomore directorial effort might seem like another atmospheric cultish folk horror, but the film uses the genre as a symbolic journey for the overcoming of grief and shedding one life for another.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ancient Origins continues that archaeologists expected to find human remains or grave goods, the absence of which communicated to researchers that the site was a cenotaph, a symbolic grave for someone who was laid to rest elsewhere.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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What To Know PayPal’s nationally representative poll gathered responses from 1,000 American adults in early September.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The French Revolution of 1789 had many causes—political, ideological, economic, and social—yet in its early phases, many people were optimistic about forming a new representative government based on meritocracy and leaving behind an absolutist polity and hierarchical class structures.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Emblematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emblematic. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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