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also Aesopic
as in symbolical
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According to an article by Piedmont Healthcare, resolutions often serve as a symbolic reset button, fueled by a surge of dopamine.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025 -
Nonetheless, renaming can have a symbolic impact, said University of Florida geography professor Mark Fenster.—
Aidan Bush,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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There’s enough perverse, sometimes grimly funny particularity to their characterizations to complicate the allegorical leanings of the film’s script, written by the director with an anonymous collaborator, which etches micro-portraits of gaping human sadness in a larger panorama of mass tragedy.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
12 Dec. 2024
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Even Elio Vittorini’s Conversation in Sicily (1941), the most celebrated anti-Fascist Italian novel of the war years, operates in a murky, allegorical register; it couldn’t have been published otherwise.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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For many, Peltier's release is a long-overdue act of justice, particularly for Indigenous communities that see his case as emblematic of a broader history of systemic injustice.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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High-Profile Failures That Defined DEI’s Retreat The public dismantling of DEI programs by major corporations like Meta, Amazon, McDonald’s, Walmart, and Ford is emblematic of the broader retreat, highlighting the fragility of corporate commitments to diversity and inclusion.—
Gillian Oakenfull,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Everything here is figurative and on paper, which levels the playing field and connects the artists to each other.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2024
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Taking your furry relative outside not only provides you with a (literal and figurative) breath of fresh air, but your family might even see your secretly selfish wish for alone time as a noble act of kindness.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Now, 45 years ago, snowflakes briefly dusted tropical palm trees, windshields, and people from Miami to Palm Beach — a freak and brief winter wonderland and the only South Florida snowfall on record in the 20th century.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The partnership with the Tao Group will see the pool complex transformed into a tropical oasis with a capacity of 3,000 party-goers.—
Ryan Slattery,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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