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Adjective
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At that time, the Turlock City Council refused to allocate a symbolic $1 and a letter of support that would have unlocked more than $270,000 in state funding for the city's only low-barrier shelter.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026 -
The designation is more symbolic than anything, according to PAHO.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Maybe this skin-crawler is a creepy, allegorical drama about delusional paranoia.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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In Baraka’s play, Clay and Lula serve as allegorical representations of Black assimilation and white supremacy, respectively.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2026
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Here, at the gateway to the capital’s most emblematic avenue, history, commerce, culture, and daily life converge.—
María Casbas,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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Last week’s acquisition of Pomelo by Zepz (which owns WorldRemit and Sendwave) is emblematic of this.—
Daniel Webber,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Sylleptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sylleptic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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