metaphorical
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After taking in the exhibit, attendees can draw their own conclusions about the land’s role as a “geographical and metaphorical space of promise, struggle, and belonging.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
And yet the language we use to describe space-time is often vague, metaphorical and deeply inconsistent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
“Have we been knocked off our metaphorical surfboard from time to time? Of course.”
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Matching the level of support at Wimbledon in 1973 will take some doing because, as in any workplace, there will be players prepared to cross a metaphorical picket line outside the entrance to Centre Court.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“Right, but surely you must have thought about what happens to them, I mean as characters, I mean independent of their metaphorical meanings or whatever.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing metaphorical
Reading: Literature - High School
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Imagery, Figures of Speech, and Tone
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Anything But Typical
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