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or catachrestical
as in symbolic
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The European Union agreed Thursday to list Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization over Tehran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, the bloc's top diplomat said, in a largely symbolic move that adds to international pressure on the Islamic Republic.—
SAM McNEIL AND JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Fremont has been central to Tesla’s US operations, making the change a symbolic break from the company’s earlier focus on high-end electric vehicles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Here, at the gateway to the capital’s most emblematic avenue, history, commerce, culture, and daily life converge.—
María Casbas,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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Last week’s acquisition of Pomelo by Zepz (which owns WorldRemit and Sendwave) is emblematic of this.—
Daniel Webber,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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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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In Baraka’s play, Clay and Lula serve as allegorical representations of Black assimilation and white supremacy, respectively.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Catachrestic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catachrestic. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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