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also Aesopic
as in symbolical
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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 -
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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Margaret Atwood’s dystopian allegorical novel didn’t over-explain the U.S.’ descent into fascist theocracy and thus left itself open to interpretation — so open that even American conservatives were able to claim it as a warning about Muslim fundamentalism.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Among the most devastating losses were a series of allegorical murals by the Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 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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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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Currently, 181 genera with around 2,600 species are known, most of which are restricted to tropical and subtropical climates.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2025
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Man-of-wars are often found in tropical and subtropical waters, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Aesopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Aesopian. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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