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Recent Examples of allegorical
The other medieval link comes from the ‘allegorical’ aspect of the jewelry, as the illustrations in the pieces tell a story across the entire collection.
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Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Like its poetic English-language title, the allegorical tale can be a little confusing to interpret at times, but looks striking in its line-free illustrative style.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The allegorical painting is routinely interpreted as a message that death is always just around the corner.
—Ivan Amato, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Like its poetic English-language title, the allegorical tale can be a little confusing to interpret at times, but looks striking in its line-free illustrative style.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The allegorical painting is routinely interpreted as a message that death is always just around the corner.
—Ivan Amato, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
Adjective
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This route winds through Madrid’s past and present—its mythological guardians, architectural standouts, UNESCO sites, and open-air hangouts—one step at a time.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 Apr. 2025
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Asked about her favorite fictional characters, Sharma names the characters of Krishna and Draupadi from the Hindu mythological epic Mahabharata.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Marking the start of the solar calendar, it’s known for its anything-goes water festivities: Participants armed with water guns, buckets, and hoses splash each other in a symbolic cleansing of sins and washing away of misfortunes that allow a fresh start in the new year.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Late last month, the Sudanese military regained control over Khartoum, the capital, a major symbolic victory in the war.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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People had been riled up, seeing only false pictures and imaginary ideas conjured by those motivated solely by self-interest.—
David Swanson,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2025
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My hope is that our community can recapture that vision, a vision that does not succumb to imaginary renderings, but looks to what actually exists — real people who need relief from their hurt and suffering.—
David Swanson,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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From the front, the striking white stucco exterior walls, pitched roof lines, fanciful turret and dramatic circular driveway — not to mention tulip trees — are just a preamble to the contemporary elegance found inside.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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The fanciful tea shop also sells gourmet teas, live plants, and decoratives, like antique bird cages, wall art, and vintage tea pots.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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The pub front screams it from the figurative top of Brandon Hill, a high point in County Kilkenny, the place from which Hoyne hails and where his family has been in the pub business for several generations.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Is a choice made with a figurative but potentially literal gun to one’s head even a real choice?—
Judy Berman,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Lane’s response was emblematic of an athlete juggling far more than his NFL aspirations.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Surgical masks, which were so important during and after the pandemic, are emblematic of the fragile international supply chain of medical devices that our hospitals depend upon.—
Robert Glatter and Peter Papadakos,
Time,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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