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Noun
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What’s the difference between a simile and a metaphor?—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025 -
No metaphors or similes or hyperbolic language needed here – your kids are next.—
Rob Gagnon,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This phrase has spun into a corporate euphemism, often one in which the motive is already pre-drawn: conversion.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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And now Netanyahu announces a military takeover of Gaza City… which most informed commentators understand as a euphemism for the colonization of Gaza.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
10 Aug. 2025
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The analogy to occupied Ukraine is imperfect but in both cases children were barred from speaking their language or following their traditions.—
Peter Pomerantsev,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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An analogy to the Trump administration’s economic policy is useful here.—
Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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Their circumlocutions were as entrancing as their ability to find the most precisely ironic words for difficult-to-name realities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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Cats, however, may turn out to be the canaries in the coalmines — pardon the mixed metaphor.—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
24 Dec. 2024
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Cats, however, may turn out to be the canaries in the coalmines — pardon the mixed metaphor.—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
24 Dec. 2024
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The two decide to remedy that by packing four years' worth of adventure into one extremely chaotic, hilarious night, hyping each other up with compliments and providing unconditional support whenever one of them says their code word: Malala.—
Sophie Dodd,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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Here’s a handy decoder for the code words used by flight attendants.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Alaska, purchased from Russia 158 years ago for $7.2 million, was supposed to be a clever metaphor for American strength.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Pro-Kremlin voices praised the gesture as political trolling, with some likening the meal to a metaphor for Russia's stance on Ukraine.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Catachresis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catachresis. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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