metaphor
Example Sentences
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That, folks, is my metaphor for life, America and this particular column.
From Los Angeles Times
From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.
The result was the first so-called zip painting, containing “no image, no figure, no ground, no atmosphere, no metaphor.”
But real brains are not von Neumann machines, and forcing that comparison leads to shaky metaphors and fragile explanations.
From Science Daily
Gilligan has said he did not intend for his show to serve as a metaphor for artificial intelligence or any other fill-in-the-blank cultural debate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
