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Recent Examples of allegorical
But that promise gets fumbled in an allegorical chamber play that grows increasingly tedious.
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Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
When 1984 was published in 1949, the novel was seen as an allegorical take on the Soviet Union.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
The heavily allegorical fantasy is notable for its heavy use of philosophical and Biblical symbolism, and touches on themes common in Oshii’s other works, particularly the relationship between dreams and reality.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 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
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Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
When 1984 was published in 1949, the novel was seen as an allegorical take on the Soviet Union.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
The heavily allegorical fantasy is notable for its heavy use of philosophical and Biblical symbolism, and touches on themes common in Oshii’s other works, particularly the relationship between dreams and reality.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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Two of the teens had developed an interest in mythology after reading the Percy Jackson series, which helped drive our decision to visit the island of Delos (the mythological birthplace of Apollo and Artemis) during our time in Mykonos.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Instead of staggering, these mythological creatures would hop, and their method of attack was to steal a person’s lifeforce, or qi.—
Tom Duszynski,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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Barclays Plc is returning to Saudi Arabia after an 11-year absence, marking both a strategic expansion for the British lender and a symbolic validation of Riyadh’s growing status as the Middle East’s corporate command hub.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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This confirms that the Scythian animal style first developed in the east, later expanding its iconography and symbolic significance to include deer, griffins, boars, and more.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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Voyager 1's approximate position lies half way along the imaginary line connecting these two stellar giants.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Not all the scares and frights and bumps in the night are imaginary on Halloween.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The final sequence on the film’s set is perhaps the director’s most fanciful scene and an exemplar of meta filmmaking.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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The space was as vast as an airplane hangar, at once utilitarian and fanciful—a Bed Bath & Beyond stockroom crossed with a cabinet of curiosities.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Among the other standouts are Klimt’s Blooming Meadow (1908)—a sea of green grass and trees flecked with blue, yellow, and pink dabs of wildflowers—and six figurative bronzes by Matisse.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
26 Oct. 2025
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An homage to millions of anonymous victims, the work implicitly rebukes the nearby figurative sculptures of slaveholders.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Wednesday’s 1-0 loss to Madrid was, in some respects, emblematic of Juventus this season.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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That concert seemed emblematic of Dohnányi’s career—the mastering of chaos in the service of humanity.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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That grounding effect is more than metaphorical.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Diplomacy appeared to be another—and not just in the metaphorical sense.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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