tokenistic
Americanadjective
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As a club, Hearts have every right to remain livid at the crass goading of their players during the invasion that greeted Celtic's title win - and the tokenistic sanction that followed it.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Instead of pursuing tokenistic bans, governments need to throw their efforts into advancing these real, meaningful solutions,” Mr. Donceel said in a statement.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
“From that perspective it is very much a tokenistic exercise.”
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2022
She asks how the ECB is make sure future changes are not tokenistic.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2021
For FlyEase to have a future, it needs to honor its history by finding a way to appeal to disabled consumers beyond tokenistic representation or inspiration.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2021
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