metonym
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“Hollywood” is a metonym for America in “The Sympathizer”; it is the country’s front door, its export and its weapon.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2024
It’s more metonym for the glamorous arrivals than a literal description of what everyone is walking on.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
There is even a popular colloquial term for those hierarchies: A pecking order, which is used as a metonym for any social hierarchy, particularly workplace ones.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2022
The ensemble is a visual metonym for the project’s opacity: She reveals so little that it’s the lack of disclosure that becomes most conspicuous.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
"Bartús" is evidently formed "on the weight" of "Bartút;" and his metonym is a caricature, a chaff fit for Fellahe.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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