metaphor
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On Keenan's experience of being in the hut, Pieter said it showed how the brain was a "metaphor and meaning-generating machine".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The web may be the most important metaphor of our time, from our web-of-life ecosystems to the World Wide Web that connects our devices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Andy’s transition from sensible boots to stilettos served as a metaphor for the effort — even discomfort — it takes to chase your dreams, however they might evolve.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Dawkins was not using “selfish” in the conventional sense of the word, but as an overextended metaphor for the lengths that DNA will go to replicate itself.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Like the watches were a metaphor for their marriage.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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