Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Word of the Week #4

EMBLEMATIC

In the San Francisco Chronicle article, “Solyndra’s Multimillion-Dollar White Elephant”, by Alison Vekshin and Mark Chediak.

“Amid the still-unfolding postmortems, the factory stands as emblematic of money misspent and the ‘Field of Dreams’ ethos that seemed to drive the venture, said Ramesh Misra, a solar-industry analyst in Los Angeles for Brigantine Advisors.”

em·blem·at·ic adjective pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as an emblem; symbolic

For many, the dove is emblematic of innocence.

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