as in represents
to serve as a material counterpart of
the flag symbolizes our country
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Recent Examples of symbolizes
This event not only symbolizes the victory over death but also reaffirms the promise of eternal life.
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Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 3 Feb. 2026
This ring symbolizes that thread, but now that thread is no longer invisible.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Jan. 2026
There’s a version of this story that is easy and uplifting, where the hawk symbolizes freedom and saves Helen’s life and everyone lives happily ever after.
—Adam Graham, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
In Japan, bamboo symbolizes strength, resilience, and the Zen philosophy.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026
Many were children or young teens in 2016, old enough to remember the music and memes but too young to fully participate in the nightlife and freedom the year now symbolizes.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
For Iranians – particularly those in the diaspora – Googoosh symbolizes an era of cosmopolitanism in late-Pahlavi Iran, the period from the mid-1950s until 1979 when Iran’s popular music, cinema, television and fashion embraced modernity and questioned social norms.
—Richard Nedjat-Haiem, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
The cypress is a sacred tree in Zoroastrianism, and the felling of the Kashmar cypress by invading Muslims symbolizes the end of ancient Persia.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
This season, Chock is a matador and Bates a bull in another creative program that requires Chock to navigate a long, flowing skirt that symbolizes a matador’s cape.
—Alice Park, Time, 12 Jan. 2026
Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 3 Feb. 2026
This ring symbolizes that thread, but now that thread is no longer invisible.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Jan. 2026
There’s a version of this story that is easy and uplifting, where the hawk symbolizes freedom and saves Helen’s life and everyone lives happily ever after.
—Adam Graham, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
In Japan, bamboo symbolizes strength, resilience, and the Zen philosophy.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026
Many were children or young teens in 2016, old enough to remember the music and memes but too young to fully participate in the nightlife and freedom the year now symbolizes.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
For Iranians – particularly those in the diaspora – Googoosh symbolizes an era of cosmopolitanism in late-Pahlavi Iran, the period from the mid-1950s until 1979 when Iran’s popular music, cinema, television and fashion embraced modernity and questioned social norms.
—Richard Nedjat-Haiem, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
The cypress is a sacred tree in Zoroastrianism, and the felling of the Kashmar cypress by invading Muslims symbolizes the end of ancient Persia.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
This season, Chock is a matador and Bates a bull in another creative program that requires Chock to navigate a long, flowing skirt that symbolizes a matador’s cape.
—Alice Park, Time, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symbolizes
represents
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Given the themes of mental illness and its treatments, those who follow meditation may note the allusion to the Blue Sky practice, where thoughts and emotions are seen as passing clouds against the backdrop of a constant, unchanging blue sky that represents the mind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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The evening represents another batch of firsts for the group.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
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