Indeed, the complaint seemed to have a much bigger symbolic impact beyond the world of auto parts.

But the symbolic impact has led many state legislatures to address the issue.

Thus the way to assess the President's trip is by its symbolic impact, and on that basis it has been highly useful.

Unfortunately, a limited embargo may have little more than symbolic impact on an already autarkic North.

In addition to this tangible impact, the program has had a symbolic impact.

Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war.

The symbolic impact of women fighting in combat cannot be overlooked.

Any weakening in American opposition to the use of plutonium for power production, they fear, would have a serious symbolic impact.

Yet they never invested their actions with dramatic, emotional or symbolic impact.

Meyer was dubious about our being able to find anything of sufficient symbolic impact.