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as in mythological
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Recent Examples of allegorical
Meis moves from the Baroque virtuosity of Rubens’s study of a drunken mythological figure, through the jagged modernist puzzle of Marc’s allegorical animals, to Mitchell’s painterly abstractions and their flickering landscape allusions.
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Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
It has also been viewed by many as an allegorical commentary on first century Christianity and Rome, and has been seen as an impending apocalyptic prophecy by generations ever since.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
These trump cards depicted allegorical figures such as Justice, Temperance, Death, and The World, reflecting Renaissance ideals of virtue, morality, and cosmic order.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
While design-minded sleuths can pick out these details and assign allegorical meaning to them, there are other subtle hints throughout the show as well.
—Alison McDermott, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
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Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
It has also been viewed by many as an allegorical commentary on first century Christianity and Rome, and has been seen as an impending apocalyptic prophecy by generations ever since.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
These trump cards depicted allegorical figures such as Justice, Temperance, Death, and The World, reflecting Renaissance ideals of virtue, morality, and cosmic order.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
While design-minded sleuths can pick out these details and assign allegorical meaning to them, there are other subtle hints throughout the show as well.
—Alison McDermott, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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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
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Advocates and some council members have expressed concerns that the new rules may be symbolic and unenforceable.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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The name is derived from Naga, a mythological serpent-like being found in Southeast Asian folklore, while titan is one of the 12 giants of Greek mythology.—
Briana Alvarado,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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The unorthodox updo included a nod to the Greek mythological character Medusa, complete with a knotted snake adorned on the back of Yai’s head.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 May 2026
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Yuskavage, who is now in her sixties, began showing her paintings in the nineteen-nineties, and has since become one of the most important—and certainly one of the most successful—American figurative painters working today.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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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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But his idealized vision of a past paradise of social cohesion that late-stage capitalism destroyed doesn’t reckon with the snakes that were always there in this imaginary Eden, including a personal betrayal that’s close to home and only comes slithering out in a moment of drunken weakness.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Then Flores had Colemenares show him how to field a ground ball with an imaginary ball in class.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
22 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
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As with many things in the Boots Riley universe, the hats are partly fanciful and partly practical.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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An underdeveloped subplot sees Temir befriend Alika (Jaliyah Richards), a self-conscious Nigerian-American girl from his wrestling class, while a contrastingly fanciful one concerns Azik’s capturing of a likewise far-from-home pelican to cheer up the heavily pregnant and bone-weary Zalya.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 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
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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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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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