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Recent Examples of nonliteral
In addition, neurodivergent women, such as those with autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, may be excluded from whisper networks because information is often shared using indirect or nonliteral language.
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Carrie Ann Johnson, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
Thirsty, even, in its most nonliteral meaning.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
The New York Times is concerned about its subscribers’ intolerance for opposing views, not about nonliteral terminology about opposing pages.
—Nicholas Clairmont, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2021
Carrie Ann Johnson, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
Thirsty, even, in its most nonliteral meaning.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
The New York Times is concerned about its subscribers’ intolerance for opposing views, not about nonliteral terminology about opposing pages.
—Nicholas Clairmont, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonliteral
Adjective
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Carrying a price tag of $7.9 million, the pad is a veritable steal in a neighborhood where single-family homes can run into the tens of millions of dollars.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
21 July 2025
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For Neanderthal hunters equipped with wood and stone hunting tools, the place was a veritable buffet.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
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But the latest moves by US allies France, Britain and Canada – while in many ways largely symbolic – have left Washington increasingly isolated over its backing for Israel.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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Passing even Gallego’s symbolic resolution, however, seems to run contrary to GOP sentiment.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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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?).—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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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
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“Nonliteral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonliteral. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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