Sentence examples for symbolic signal from inspiring English sources

And Mr. Obama has allowed the Palestinian flag to fly in Washington, a symbolic signal of support for Palestinian statehood.

Mr. Cheney's appointment to head a task force that will guide FEMA's efforts sent at least a symbolic signal that the administration was taking the matter seriously.

"When cases of indiscriminate revenge on society are occurring successively in various places, the Ministry of Public Security's requirements and the Beijing police's arrest of Wu Hongfei have sent a symbolic signal.

But he also likes the idea of a president whose symbolic signals and dog whistles aren't about clearing brush, professing his faith or conjuring up the campaign trail's nostalgic vision of heartland America, half true, half illusion.

Here, Puranam's comment on "Structures as Symbols" poses a whole new set of questions about the role of structures in organizing vs symbolic signaling of organizational values.

Boesch (1991) reports a unique instance of such simple symbolic signals in wild chimpanzees.

No wonder that egalitarian early humans could have greatly improved such a trade, the quest for individual merit thus ultimately fueling the daily proximate expansion (production and imitation) of the most merit-worthy symbolic signals.

President Bush's refusal to sign the Kyoto treaty was symbolic, a signal act of courage reflecting the economics of common sense.

"Throwing all your resources at a symbolic entity signals to the rest of the world that you are a fanatic".

Although the move is mostly symbolic, it signals growing anger and frustration on the part of the Bush administration toward the government of President Alfonso Portillo.

Although only three leaders were killed, the judges' summary said, this had an important symbolic purpose, "signaling there was no hope for survival of this community".