figurative
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These 2014 performances reveal the growth, in literal and figurative terms, of the repertoire from the group’s eponymous 2013 release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Wolfe also acquired more than 100 Ghanaian fantasy coffins — figurative sculptures, some stretching 10 to 12 feet long, also known as Fantastic Afterlife Vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The figurative enemy, Hofstadter wrote, “is a perfect model of malice, a kind of amoral superman — sinister, ubiquitous, powerful, cruel, sensual, luxury-loving.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
His restless intellect and self-confidence propelled him toward color-soaked figurative work and not the abstract expressionism or pop art of many of his peers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
St. John’s eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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