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Recent Examples of allegorical
His style — with its dynamic camera, efficient editing and plot-driven storytelling — feels much closer to American studio movies, compared to the relatively allegorical approach of other Iranian directors looking to critique the regime without signing their own death warrants.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 May 2025
The industrial workspace in the film functions as a compelling allegorical backdrop for broader societal issues.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2025
In the old allegorical star atlases, Virgo is holding a spike of wheat where Spica glows, evidently representing the harvest time which occurs in mid-October when the sun is passing that bright star.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 May 2025
The Boucher Room By contrast, the Boucher Room, named for the set of allegorical paintings by the 18th-century French court painter François Boucher (1703-1770) that cover its walls, is exactly as Helen’s mother, Adelaide, knew it.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 May 2025
The industrial workspace in the film functions as a compelling allegorical backdrop for broader societal issues.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2025
In the old allegorical star atlases, Virgo is holding a spike of wheat where Spica glows, evidently representing the harvest time which occurs in mid-October when the sun is passing that bright star.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 May 2025
The Boucher Room By contrast, the Boucher Room, named for the set of allegorical paintings by the 18th-century French court painter François Boucher (1703-1770) that cover its walls, is exactly as Helen’s mother, Adelaide, knew it.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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Cassandra is a Greek mythological figure who can foretell the future, but is cursed to have no one ever believe her.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Freyja is one of Bezos’s favorite mythological figures, Sánchez said.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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For the first time since the 1980s, the Islamic Republic faced a direct military assault from another regional power that targeted not only its military assets, but the symbolic and political heart of the regime itself.—
Sanam Vakil,
Time,
26 June 2025
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However, Israel’s war on Iran continues, with the Israeli military expanding its campaign Monday to target sites symbolic for the country’s theocracy.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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Some will retreat from public life, spurning those closest to them in favor of an imaginary narrative woven with these programs.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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Since its inception, astronomers had busied themselves tracking the apparent movements of the stars, moon and planets relative to an imaginary line running north to south through the observatory, known as a 'meridian'.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
22 June 2025
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Lace gives a short-sleeve set an utterly romantic feel, while a feather trim offers a fanciful touch to long-sleeve and pants coordinates.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
23 June 2025
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Of course, if a prominent individual in government with conservative or even reactionary views indicates their displeasure with Trump, that’s a signal to the Democratic Party that the center can hold, that a fanciful abundance of swing voters can be yet persuaded of the error of their ways.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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Anything — weeds, stoplights, peeling paint — can inspire her bright, intense figurative paintings.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 June 2025
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Shapiro created many of these in the early part of his career, responding to the then-current craze for huge abstract pieces with tiny figurative forms.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 June 2025
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Synthesia has had its share of problems and controversies that are emblematic of those facing all generative-AI video companies.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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New economic growth and business models are emblematic of transformative technologies.—
Matthew Graczyk,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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