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Isbell shines acoustically Imagine being a guest at what should've felt like a night at the theater but instead metaphorically felt like an 18-course private chef's menu tasting with an artist-as-chef that many in attendance view as a tortured genius in repose.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
But with his microphone always metaphorically on, Swaggart was often caught making deeply divisive statements.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 1 July 2025
The invisible city extended underground, metaphorically if not always literally.
—Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
The real-life couple play Millie and Tim, lovers who seem to be drifting apart until something strange and terrible joins them at the hip, physically and metaphorically.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
But with his microphone always metaphorically on, Swaggart was often caught making deeply divisive statements.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 1 July 2025
The invisible city extended underground, metaphorically if not always literally.
—Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
The real-life couple play Millie and Tim, lovers who seem to be drifting apart until something strange and terrible joins them at the hip, physically and metaphorically.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metaphorically
Adverb
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Starring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray, the film loosely echoes the plot of its namesake fairytale.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Estimating the number of QAnon believers is difficult because many individuals do not openly identify with the movement, and those who do often hold a range of loosely connected or partial beliefs rather than adhering to a consistent or uniform ideology.—
Art Jipson,
The Conversation,
19 July 2025
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Some are in an area known as a regulatory floodway, which must be kept unobstructed for water to move freely during a flood.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Conservatives and libertarians rightly endorse robust private charitable activity so that private citizens, acting freely and without government direction, can ameliorate social problems through voluntary action.—
Henry Olsen,
National Review,
10 July 2025
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“Metaphorically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metaphorically. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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