as in symbolic
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The vote June 3, which was mostly symbolic, marked a new period of congressional unease with the conflict in the Middle East amid an impasse in peace negotiations.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
4 June 2026 -
The Princess of Wales accessorized with symbolic jewelry, including a lapis lazuli necklace that has a meaningful connection to Manchester.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
4 June 2026
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Cardinale was particularly fond of the shape, which the brand used as an allegorical representation of its birth city’s many cupolas.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Naturalists and later scientists also protested such allegorical uses of primates.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
18 May 2026
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Both are the children of Canadian immigrants and emblematic of how and why soccer is so popular in Canada.—
Paula Newton,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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Is there anything more hopeful or emblematic of change than a garden in its first scraggly youth?—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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“Sylleptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sylleptic. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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