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Recent Examples of metaphorically
After three straight losses, the season metaphorically came down to one game on homecoming with alternative uniforms.
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Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The current discount rate means that the government views the long-term future of humanity as not metaphorically but literally worthless.
—Geoff Mann, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
From there, testers laced up — some literally and some metaphorically — indoors for a period of 15 to 20 minutes to get an initial feel for the shoes.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
But it could be applied to men, metaphorically at first.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
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Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The current discount rate means that the government views the long-term future of humanity as not metaphorically but literally worthless.
—Geoff Mann, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
From there, testers laced up — some literally and some metaphorically — indoors for a period of 15 to 20 minutes to get an initial feel for the shoes.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
But it could be applied to men, metaphorically at first.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for metaphorically
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metaphorically
Adverb
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The jacket was loosely inspired by a photo of star Rosalind Russell.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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The new map would thin out the number of GOP voters, turning it into something that loosely resembles, of all things, an elephant.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Wallets, coins, and rings are carelessly passed around this little society, and messages are corrupted—from Orsino’s wooing of Olivia, which is accidentally undone by his own go-between, Viola, to the letters that deceive Malvolio.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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But also just a touch ironic — like a man handing out fire safety pamphlets while carelessly flipping burgers over a bonfire on his porch.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans’ members, a new federal watchdog report says.—
Tony Leys,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Greenberg questioned why Republicans are inaccurately labeling protesters in a way that could potentially draw violence.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Second Division table showed Glossop were bottom at the time and Arsenal top, and the big crowd cramming into the small ground in the Derbyshire hills expected to see — and did see — the visitors dominate and score freely.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Never overcrowd the washer drum so clothes can move freely.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Metaphorically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metaphorically. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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