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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a token move" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that is symbolic or superficial, often done to give the appearance of taking action without making a significant change.
Example: "The company's decision to implement a new policy was seen as a token move, as it did not address the underlying issues employees were facing."
Alternatives: "a symbolic gesture" or "a superficial action".
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"I'm thrilled and delighted that Xu has been freed but it's really just a token move," said Mickey Spiegel, a senior researcher at the New York-based HumaNew York-based.
Because no medical research on great apes has taken place in the E.U. since 2002, many observers see this provision as a token move.
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But military experts said the concession seemed a mostly token move, probably amounting to a dozen or so seats -- down from the military's current 38 seats and from the 75 they held under Mr. Suharto in the 700-seat legislature.
There's also a robber in Catan, a token that moves around to different terrain hexes.
A self-repelling random walk of a token on a graph is one in which at each step, the token moves to a neighbor that has been visited least often.
However, it is possible that the token was transferred correctly to a neighbor but the acknowledgement was lost or the recipient of the token moved away from the communication range of a sender.
We think Kik is a seminal moment in that it's a well-funded company that's disrupting its whole business model and moving over to a token model.
When the token moves out of range, ZIA re-encrypts information on the laptop within five seconds, before someone else can gain access to it.
A Petri net R is a quadruple < P, T, A, M > where: ▪ P denotes a finite set of places (containing tokens); ▪ T is a finite set of transitions (which specify how tokens move from one place to another); ▪ W ∈ (P × T) ∪ (T × P) →N is the weighted flow relation representing the arcs.
The team is calling its raise a "token generation event," a move that distances them from the concept of the initial coin offering or ICO so popular in crypto jargon.
Speaking to the owners of both Visions and The Alibi, this move – a token of Hackney's increasing hostility towards the bars and clubs that so many developers have used as bait to entice potential buyers to the area – seems to have played a role in both closures.
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