"symbolic" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The largely symbolic vote of 218 to 185 came at a meeting that was emotional and, at times, intense.
- For now, the party seems willing to focus on symbolic votes against the buildup, leaving the money fight for later.
- Indeed, for cash-rich Microsoft, even a $1 billion investment may be more important as a symbolic vote of confidence in the cable industry.
- The symbolic vote came after a campaign that portrayed the Navy's 61-year presence as an environmental danger and a violation of residents' civil rights.
- In largely symbolic votes, more than 230 communities nationwide have raised formal objections to the law.
- He appeared to be seeking a symbolic vote of confidence among senior committee officials.
- Thus, should the Senate should go ahead and approve the measure, it would amount to no more than a symbolic vote.
- But these two - both casting symbolic votes against the mayor - were furious.
- Yesterday, the teamsters union, which represents 12,000 city workers who have worked without a contract since July, took a largely symbolic vote to strike.
- Today we are facing an unusually important, but also symbolic vote.
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