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Recent Examples of allegorical
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?).
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 July 2025
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
The playwrights intended the drama as an allegorical parable for the age shaped by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy.
—Time, 10 July 2025
Agnes, draped in autumnal tweed and khaki, elevates her seminar into a kind of allegorical stage for academia.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 29 June 2025
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 July 2025
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
The playwrights intended the drama as an allegorical parable for the age shaped by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy.
—Time, 10 July 2025
Agnes, draped in autumnal tweed and khaki, elevates her seminar into a kind of allegorical stage for academia.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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Immerse yourself in serene luxury at this exquisite resort hotel, where chic contemporary style mingles with the rich folkloric and mythological history, imaging the presence of kami (divine spirits) and other supernatural beings (yōkai).—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The mythological epic first bowed in North America way back in February and finished with $20 million stateside.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
23 Aug. 2025
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The symbolic weight of the Golden Lion matters, not just to the artists but to the entire field.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The ruling landed as a symbolic rebuke of Musk’s sway over Tesla, and a warning about the excesses of Silicon Valley’s cult-of-founder ethos.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Steve Young lifts his arm, holding an imaginary football, preparing to throw.—
Seth Wickersham,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, her five-letter titles refer to satellite navigation waypoints and fixes for aircraft flying in clouds or at night, that offer passage to imaginary locations defined by the interception of magnetic vectors drawn from the earth’s poles.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Despite the fanciful name, though, the structures are actually tombs.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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When people ask their AI copilot about you or your business, the system returns fanciful things which may be false.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Taking inspiration from 16th-century outdoor sculpture courtyards, this (indoor) exhibition explores the range of figurative human sculptures in the Walker’s collection.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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An English translation of the French story that was first published in 2023, the 208-page tome tells the story of the many obstacles and near-figurative deaths Lucas had to overcome in order to make what would become one of the most consequential movies in pop culture history.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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If Hind is both herself and emblematic of other six-year-old Palestinian girls in Gaza, then this is not a crazy thought.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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And emblematic of that power has always been Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, respectively).—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the investment world, we’re taught not to catch the metaphorical falling knife, or to invest when a business or an asset is losing its value.—
Vilius Kavaliauskas,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But what if a woman grows up not in a metaphorical cult but in a real one?—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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