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Adjective
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During a brief appearance in front of the cameras, the pope gave Rubio the symbolic gift of an olive-wood pen.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
7 May 2026 -
Once the most powerful jobs in television, evening anchors like Tony Dokoupil now occupy a more symbolic perch.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Andy Serkis directs and stars in the family friendly reimanging of George Orwell’s 1945 allegorical novel.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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This includes an extended corporate war arc, and metaphor for dopamine consumption, that bloats the length while draining allegorical clarity.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The gingko tree at the picture’s center — majestic, beautiful, seen from different angles and in varying lights — becomes emblematic of our reflective state of mind.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Gifted, worldly, and widely loved, Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was the emblematic artist of the middle decades of America’s nineteenth century.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Sylleptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sylleptic. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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