symbolic gesture
noun
: an act that has no purpose or effect other than to show support, respect, etc.
The president's visit was mainly a symbolic gesture.
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The McKinley name stuck until 2015, when President Obama’s administration changed it to Denali as a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives on the eve of his Alaska visit to highlight climate change.
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Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
The McKinley name stuck until 2015, when President Barack Obama’s administration changed it to Denali as a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives on the eve of his Alaska visit to highlight climate change.
—Mark Thiessen, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
The rover will also deliver a quirky gift: a miniature red house designed by a Swedish artist, intended as a symbolic gesture for future lunar exploration.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Cox already pastors a church in Columbus, but her inability to receive ordination credentials is both a symbolic gesture against her personhood and a limit on her participation in United Methodist life.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 1 May 2024
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Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
The McKinley name stuck until 2015, when President Barack Obama’s administration changed it to Denali as a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives on the eve of his Alaska visit to highlight climate change.
—Mark Thiessen, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
The rover will also deliver a quirky gift: a miniature red house designed by a Swedish artist, intended as a symbolic gesture for future lunar exploration.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Cox already pastors a church in Columbus, but her inability to receive ordination credentials is both a symbolic gesture against her personhood and a limit on her participation in United Methodist life.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 1 May 2024
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