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also Aesopic
as in symbolical
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Adjective
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Feigenbaum argues the project continues largely for symbolic reasons and because of political pressure.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Their deaths marked not just the end of two singular careers, but the symbolic closing of a cultural chapter — one where larger-than-life personas still had to be built in real time, without hashtags or viral cycles to carry them.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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If this is the allegorical virgin birth, Pandora edition, then Kiri’s other parent would be Pandora’s version of God: Eywa, whom the Na’vi generally engage with in the form of a tree, or flora (seed bearer — get it?).—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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This reading reduces Euridice to the allegorical and therefore to the banal, quite the opposite of what Hoffman does.—
Matthew Carey Salyer,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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This is emblematic of transit leaders’ lack of fiscal prudence.—
Micky Horstman,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The military’s invocation of the Tesla brand is emblematic of the tightening relationship not only between the Pentagon and Elon Musk, but with Big Tech more broadly, according to American University foreign policy professor Gordon Adams.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The house is aiming to showcase figurative contradictions within its latest arrivals: two blousons in different sizes used multiple times throughout the collection as a means of showcasing its versatility.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
11 Aug. 2025
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There’s a literal meaning, and then there’s a figurative meaning.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The range is scented with their tropical Sunshine Spritz fragrance –a blend of magnolia, coconut, sandalwood, and sea salt.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The National Hurricane Center is also pinpointing two other areas for potential tropical development this week.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
11 Aug. 2025
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