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Recent Examples of allegorical
If this is the allegorical virgin birth, Pandora edition, then Kiri’s other parent would be Pandora’s version of God: Eywa, whom the Na’vi generally engage with in the form of a tree, or flora (seed bearer — get it?).
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 July 2025
This reading reduces Euridice to the allegorical and therefore to the banal, quite the opposite of what Hoffman does.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The playwrights intended the drama as an allegorical parable for the age shaped by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy.
—Time, 10 July 2025
Agnes, draped in autumnal tweed and khaki, elevates her seminar into a kind of allegorical stage for academia.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 29 June 2025
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 July 2025
This reading reduces Euridice to the allegorical and therefore to the banal, quite the opposite of what Hoffman does.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The playwrights intended the drama as an allegorical parable for the age shaped by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy.
—Time, 10 July 2025
Agnes, draped in autumnal tweed and khaki, elevates her seminar into a kind of allegorical stage for academia.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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The vampire is specifically European, but Europe also had other mythological undead figures.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Sep. 2025
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Rather than once again take up the mantle as Zagreus, Hades II invites players to fight through mythological hell as the Melinoë, the Princess of the Underworld (and Zagreus’s sister), in order to defeat the Titan of Time.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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Then, as with West Germany’s previous World Cup triumph, there was a symbolic defeat.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The milestone marks a symbolic win for the blue-chip index, highlighting the market’s resilience despite tariff concerns and signs of weakness in the economy.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Few characters, real or imaginary, have sustained this type of stage and screen presence for so many decades.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Laura, used to getting away with murder, just neglected Daniel’s imaginary corpse after conjuring it.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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This attempt to revisit the type of fanciful, footloose and fancy-twee storytelling that helped characterize that cultural moment is a big swing, and an even bigger miss.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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There are some exceptions to this mode of fanciful speculation.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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Hush was met with generally favorable reviews at the time of its release, and employs similar stakes (both literal and figurative) as seen in Scream.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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Taking inspiration from 16th-century outdoor sculpture courtyards, this (indoor) exhibition explores the range of figurative human sculptures in the Walker’s collection.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Ciel Dubai Marina This record-breaking approach is emblematic of the intent and sheer bombast with which Dubai is reshaping the travel and tourism market, with a strong focus on foreign investment and wealthy visitors.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the bigger sense, the pick is emblematic of why the Patriots have one of the worst rosters in the NFL.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Parisians thrashed Inter Milan in May to claim the trophy for the first time and lift a huge metaphorical burden off their back.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The state in which those complexities played out — the course of the metaphorical river — had shifted.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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