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or catachrestical
as in symbolic
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Adjective
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The move was largely symbolic — such trade is relatively minimal — but demonstrated the worsening of their ties: Brussels is reportedly pressuring Beijing to raise its target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions ahead of this month’s meeting.—
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8 July 2025 -
Diplomats in Brussels expect the final text to resemble the outline deal Britain signed with the U.S. earlier this year — a few pages long, largely symbolic, leaving the most contentious issues for later.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Founded by an Italian immigrant, Chef Boyardee is emblematic of the American Dream.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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Images from the outside of the hotel, where hundreds of migrants waited on the streets for shelter, were emblematic of the scale of the issue during that time.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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The playwrights intended the drama as an allegorical parable for the age shaped by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy.—
Time,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Agnes, draped in autumnal tweed and khaki, elevates her seminar into a kind of allegorical stage for academia.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
29 June 2025
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“Catachrestic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catachrestic. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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