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symbolized

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past tense of symbolize

as in represented

to serve as a material counterpart of the flag symbolizes our country

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Recent Examples of symbolized However, what separates Snapchat from its competitors, Sunday said, are its features that lead to compulsive use, like a daily streak symbolized with a flame. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 The event on Thursday also symbolized the lengths Republicans took to unseat Cleaver, Kansas City’s first Black mayor and one of Missouri’s most experienced lawmakers. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Observers said their trial symbolized the erosion of freedom of expression in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 China’s new strategy, symbolized by Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea in June, aims to draw Pyongyang back into its orbit and make the bilateral relationship more stable and manageable. — Zheng Jiyong, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026 For centuries, the phoenix has symbolized renewal and the idea that something new can emerge from destruction. — Deb Houry, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 Tara Findley, a public relations major from Lubbock, told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the clothing symbolized what demonstrators see as the death of academic freedom at Texas Tech. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 For more than a century, a new car symbolized opportunity—the freedom to chase a better job, build a family, discover America or simply drive toward an unknown horizon. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Each base represented one of the ballpark’s first three All-Star Games, and home plate symbolized the 2027 All-Star Game. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

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Houston trailed by one, and whomever Espada hit would’ve represented the go-ahead run.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Ravens and crows have also represented intelligence, knowledge, transformation, and even creation in cultures around the world.

— Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026

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