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Meanings of more symbolic in English

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Usage of more symbolic in English
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And at one level Unionists understood it was more symbolic than real.
A journey: my political life
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The North Koreans wanted someone more symbolic like President Carter or Clinton.
Somewhere inside
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The importance of Hong Kong was at first more symbolic than real.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
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Removal from the list is more symbolic than of practical significance.
Reuters
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Suited the police The barricade was more symbolic than practical, says Ó Dochartaigh.
The Irish Times
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Any loss from cancellation, though, would be more symbolic than economic.
Reuters
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He backed restrictions on abortion, but the stance was more symbolic than concrete.
The Guardian
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It's been more symbolic and a bit of an intimidation tactic.
News.com.au
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Maybe it was more symbolic of home than anything else in his life.
One summer in santa fe
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Instead we get a few piecemeal initiatives which are more symbolic than substantial.
The South African
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Still, cutting some of the flashier perks can be more symbolic than anything.
Reuters
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Outside of built-up areas the Green Line seems more symbolic.
Reuters
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Graham Cooke, insights manager at Finder, said a cut is more symbolic than practical.
News.com.au
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Many argue the measure would be more symbolic than punitive.
Reuters
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The rest of the encounter was more symbolic than anything.
The South African
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Church architecture had become lighter, more cheerful, and more symbolic.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
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