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also Aesopic
as in symbolic
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Adjective
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During a brief appearance in front of the cameras, the pope gave Rubio the symbolic gift of an olive-wood pen.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
7 May 2026 -
Once the most powerful jobs in television, evening anchors like Tony Dokoupil now occupy a more symbolic perch.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Andy Serkis directs and stars in the family friendly reimanging of George Orwell’s 1945 allegorical novel.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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This includes an extended corporate war arc, and metaphor for dopamine consumption, that bloats the length while draining allegorical clarity.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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The gingko tree at the picture’s center — majestic, beautiful, seen from different angles and in varying lights — becomes emblematic of our reflective state of mind.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Gifted, worldly, and widely loved, Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was the emblematic artist of the middle decades of America’s nineteenth century.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In Times of Dragons [Universal/Fontana] Dealing with demons is nothing new for Tori Amos, but on her 18th studio album, there’s little that’s figurative about the struggle between human good and Trumpian evil.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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By the 1980s, Baselitz’s profile began to expand beyond Germany, when he was exhibited in dialogue with figurative painters sharing his expressionist leanings, including Italy’s Sandro Chia and Francesco Clemente.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The metaphorical mountain is something Robbins also became deeply connected to throughout the career-elevating process of writing Apex.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Since one of the metaphorical aspects of the script concerns how swiftly conflicts can flare up from small disagreements into major knock-down-drag-out fights, showing the violence and bared-teeth snarling is appropriate, a lighter touch could work, too.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Hough included another video in which she was seen taking a ice bath on a wooden deck overlooking lush tropical greenery.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Clynelish 1983 is another 42-year-old whisky, aged entirely in bourbon barrels resulting in big tropical fruit notes like pineapple and mango, along with honey and vanilla.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
7 May 2026
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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 9 May. 2026.
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