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as in symbolical
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as in mythological
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Recent Examples of allegorical
Or were her emotions in fact the puppets, forced to act out an illustrative action-adventure in allegorical space?
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Dial created works in a variety of modes, from allegorical paintings to massive assemblages.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Director Neill Blomkamp is best known for his gritty, allegorical sci-fi films.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
Not that this was Tolkien’s approach; his style is more mythic than allegorical.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Dial created works in a variety of modes, from allegorical paintings to massive assemblages.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Director Neill Blomkamp is best known for his gritty, allegorical sci-fi films.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
Not that this was Tolkien’s approach; his style is more mythic than allegorical.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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Grateful Dead At 60 years and still truckin’, the Grateful Dead—whose original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bobby Weir were in attendance—is mythological in its organic cultivation of community and the live show experience.Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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The new film also relies heavily on the mythological imagery of angry goddesses - in this case ‘Gangamma Thalli’, the Hindu goddess believed to be the sister of Venkateshwara Balaji, mother of Lord Parashuram, and the protector of the region.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The manger scene with Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus in a stable very vividly dramatizes the spirit of Christmas, a symbolic message about power — that by entering the world in a humble form, God recognizes the dignity of the humblest and those who do not share in worldly wealth and power.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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This mode of storytelling can be heavy-handed for the sake of mass appeal, but director Kiran Rao deftly combines the literal and symbolic, resulting in a crowd-pleaser filled — for better or worse — with innate goodness.Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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Then, as the game clock ticked closer to zero, Young dribbled the clock out, blew in his hand and rolled imaginary die on the massive Knicks’ midcourse logo.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The outdoor areas –in addition to providing the energetic kids room to run, play and even pedal tricycles around imaginary tracks — are essential parts of the learning experience and development of motor skills.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some of the many fanciful gingerbread buildings that arose there were supposedly designed by the scandalously famous architect Stanford White and bore a resemblance to the Hotel del Coronado, which opened the same year.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Judging by editors’ reactions to the trays and trays of fanciful baubles that filled the fashion closet for a recent street style shoot, these bits and bobs are here to stay.Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
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Our Maurice salads, literal and figurative, are killing us.Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
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Staub Cast-Iron Wide Oval Cocotte $350 $230 Food52 The only thing more covetable than a regular Staub cocotte is a black cast-iron one (which is extremely metal, in a literal and figurative sense).Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
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The confusion was emblematic of a larger defensive issue.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Some emblematic problems, Fox told me, included clinics or labs relying on pen-and-paper labeling systems and faulty screening measures; Wolf cited a failure of clinic employees to respond to alarms on the freezers that store embryos.Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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