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"form": "symbolic",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "more symbolic",
"tags": [
"comparative"
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},
{
"form": "most symbolic",
"tags": [
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}
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"hyphenation": "sym‧bo‧lic",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "In many religions, the number 3 has a symbolic value."
},
{
"text": "The apology was purely symbolic and did nothing to change the situation."
},
{
"text": "It was dirty and dark in a way that was very symbolic of New York."
}
],
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"If something is symbolic, it has or is used as a symbol."
],
"id": "simple-symbolic-en-adj-6~LS~TU5"
}
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{
"text": "In many religions, the number 3 has a symbolic value."
},
{
"text": "The apology was purely symbolic and did nothing to change the situation."
},
{
"text": "It was dirty and dark in a way that was very symbolic of New York."
}
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