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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sylleptic
Adjective
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There's a gallery wall with pieces that are symbolic of some sort of lyric.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
19 July 2025 -
In December 1950, four Scottish college students snatched the stone from Westminster Abbey as a symbolic show of support for Scottish independence.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 July 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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Automata were emblematic of shifting boundaries between technology and magic, and easily played into the individualism of the era of Jacksonian democracy.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
30 July 2025
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To Vane, the divide on that map is emblematic of historic discrepancies in how schools have been resourced in the Austin district.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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“Sylleptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sylleptic. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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