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as in symbolic
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as in mythological
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Recent Examples of allegorical
These trump cards depicted allegorical figures such as Justice, Temperance, Death, and The World, reflecting Renaissance ideals of virtue, morality, and cosmic order.
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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
The opening scene, which hints at the allegorical nature of the story (written by Çatak, Ayda Meryem Çatak and Enis Köstepen), features respected theater actress Derya (Özgü Namal) on stage before a packed audience.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Maybe this skin-crawler is a creepy, allegorical drama about delusional paranoia.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
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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
The opening scene, which hints at the allegorical nature of the story (written by Çatak, Ayda Meryem Çatak and Enis Köstepen), features respected theater actress Derya (Özgü Namal) on stage before a packed audience.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Maybe this skin-crawler is a creepy, allegorical drama about delusional paranoia.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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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
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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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It is generally agreed that Helen, the woman of matchless beauty who indirectly caused the Trojan War by eloping with (or being abducted by) the Trojan prince Paris, belongs to the realm of fiction and not fact, as do Achilles and other mythological figures.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Visually, the production draws on the oil-painting aesthetic associated with 19th-century artist Raja Ravi Varma, framing mythological tableaux in a style that bridges classical Indian iconography with large-format spectacle.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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And then to add insult to that heaping helping of figurative injury, the nachos took some collateral damage and were effectively ruined.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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From the scandal of his early figurative work in the 1960s, through the upside-down paintings that became his signature, to the wooden figures shown at the 1980 Venice Biennale that appeared to salute like broken monuments, his practice was defined by disruption.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
8 May 2026
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To find Hydra, first locate the bright stars Chertan and Regulus in the constellation Leo and draw an imaginary line from the former to the latter, extending 20 degrees into open space.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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Artists in the 18th century would often include a person of color, who would sometimes be imaginary, in their portraits of wealthy white sitters to embellish the painting and highlight the high status of the main subject, according to the researchers.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 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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Through a fanciful and deeply personal approach, this film transforms the reckoning of immigrant life—working far from family and home—into something profoundly relatable, accessible, and unexpectedly uplifting.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 May 2026
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Tsiolkovsky’s vision was fanciful, more romance than science, but the theme gained concreteness in other works of fiction.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 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
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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 10 May. 2026.
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