metaphorical

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But with oil returning to the $100 precipice, private credit markets beset by liquidity concerns, and bond investors back on inflation watch, it may not be long before the metaphorical dams start leaking.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

If that sounds metaphorical, it’s meant to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

It’s “a metaphorical escape from the Great Depression to an Edenic place where the rules of supply and demand do not apply.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Here, the evildoers receive sumptuous cloaks along with their metaphorical daggers.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

When we write of ‘laws of nature’ the word ‘laws’, too, is being used in a metaphorical sense.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton