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also Aesopic
as in symbolic
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Adjective
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The summit did not happen, with Aoun saying a security deal needed to be in place and Israeli attacks needed to end before such a landmark symbolic meeting.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 May 2026 -
Advocates and some council members have expressed concerns that the new rules may be symbolic and unenforceable.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Naturalists and later scientists also protested such allegorical uses of primates.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
18 May 2026
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In the old allegorical star books, the goddess holds some spikes of wheat in each hand and her brightest star — Spica — glows in one of the ears of grain hanging from her left hand.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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For producer Pedro Krull at Aguda Cinema, the project is emblematic of a wider regional surge, with the company positioning itself as a creative incubator for emerging Alagoas voices.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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Through the character’s complex and often tense relationships with her teenage daughter, her sister and her mother, as well as with other women in her village, Dusabejambo has crafted a story that’s both emblematic and achingly specific.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Another superb show featured Matthew Wong, a painter of intimate, hauntingly lovely figurative works inspired by van Gogh and Matisse.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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Monguidi’s second task was to cut the figurative ribbon on Rimowa’s newest flagship store in Cologne, the city where its beloved aluminum suitcases are made.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
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Perhaps that could work if the film were operating in a more obviously metaphorical or surreal register.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Yes—putting metaphorical pen to page is fundamental, but so, too, is nurturing that which expands my literary capacity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Willit Cargo Stretch Shorts Embrace the warm weather in these stretchy, water-resistant shorts that are ideal for a tropical vacation.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Containers of blooming plants and greenery enhance the tropical feel with pops of pink.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The number distilled the North Beach revue (which closed New Year’s Eve 2019) famous for its oversized figural hats, musical parodies and fairy-tale characters into 11.5 minutes.—
Culture Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
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The holders come in a set of two, adorned with figural bunnies.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Aesopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Aesopian. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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