as in to represent
to serve as a material counterpart of
the flag symbolizes our country
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Tucked behind glass walls and overlooking city skylines, these spaces symbolized achievement, tenure and a certain prestige.
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Alaa Pasha, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
El Petronio Festival itself symbolizes what has become possible over time.
—Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
For LaFave and his team, the event symbolized a shift from construction and planning to building lasting relationships.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025
The ceremony was meant to symbolize how DuSable, a Black man likely from the Caribbean who founded the settlement that would become Chicago, might have first arrived in the area, according to Rilck Noel, a board member of the DuSable Heritage Association.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Alaa Pasha, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
El Petronio Festival itself symbolizes what has become possible over time.
—Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
For LaFave and his team, the event symbolized a shift from construction and planning to building lasting relationships.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Aug. 2025
The ceremony was meant to symbolize how DuSable, a Black man likely from the Caribbean who founded the settlement that would become Chicago, might have first arrived in the area, according to Rilck Noel, a board member of the DuSable Heritage Association.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symbolize
represent
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Clearly, this correlates nearly with the birth rate exploding; 16 players born in 1948 represented England, including Ray Clemence and Trevor Brooking, the highest figure for any single year since 1901.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Pulte also flagged a third property, in Massachusetts, that Cook represented as a second home in mortgage documents but as an investment property in subsequent financial disclosures.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Symbolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symbolize. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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