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also emblematical
as in symbolic
having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else
the dove is emblematic of the organization's mission to bring some peace to a troubled world
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Throughout these weeks, the four-piece will play at some of the most emblematic festivals in Spain, starting on June 13 at the Tenerife Music Festival, passing through Icónica Santalucía Sevilla Fest on June 22 and culminating at the O Gozo Festival in Santiago de Compostela on July 2.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
Fernandes answered that particular jibe with a free kick that clawed his team back into the game, but their half-time encounter feels emblematic of United’s position in the Premier League food chain: vulnerable and there to be mocked.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Chu’s film feels driven, too, by a specific youthful unrest emblematic of a wider generational crisis in modern Taiwan: Politics may not surface directly in this banquet of ear- and eye-candy, but the filmmaker’s heady, dreamy vision isn’t wholly estranged from the here and now.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
But behind the arthritic movements was the same fierceness emblematic of Paquita.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
Fernandes answered that particular jibe with a free kick that clawed his team back into the game, but their half-time encounter feels emblematic of United’s position in the Premier League food chain: vulnerable and there to be mocked.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Chu’s film feels driven, too, by a specific youthful unrest emblematic of a wider generational crisis in modern Taiwan: Politics may not surface directly in this banquet of ear- and eye-candy, but the filmmaker’s heady, dreamy vision isn’t wholly estranged from the here and now.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
But behind the arthritic movements was the same fierceness emblematic of Paquita.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Emblematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emblematic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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