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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead metaphors
Noun
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In a year of cancellations and euphemisms, the city mounted a counterprogram that was quietly insurrectionary, stubbornly joyous.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025 -
And even ages 8 to 10 should be OK, depending on your thoughts about PG romantic intimacy and use of clever euphemisms.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Symbols and metaphors are the most astonishing of these scars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Bird and visitors are, for Urbano, ideal metaphors for the citizens of Utopia, a place beyond reach yet accessible through the uchronic resources of poetry and symbol.—
Javier Montes,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The coincidence has invited an avalanche of historical analogies.—
Cristina Guevara,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Some carriers have drawn analogies with the electric car industry, where not all electric vehicles have the same plugs and one brand can’t necessarily use another one’s outlets.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Dead metaphors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20metaphors. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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