metaphor
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Maybe it’s a metaphor, but more likely, it is just a song about her underwear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
That conceit ended up an unsubtle but no less effective metaphor for our new Gilded Age.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s humorous in the moment, but it’s also a succinct, pointed metaphor for the rapid desensitization we’ve all experienced through the internet.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
A niche term of art in machine-learning research, it is proving a handy metaphor for talking about growth and threatening to cross over into wider business-speak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It was only a metaphor, I am sure! But why do you ask? Surely you do not put any stock in curses and crystal balls and such, do you?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
CEOs sometimes use sports metaphors but stars can dominate those teams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Their tattered remnants, barely held together with patches and stitching, are poignant metaphors for a battered will that keeps fighting even as protections wear thin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Game changer" is the i Paper's verdict as "Europe tackles Infantino" – continuing with the football metaphors.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
As horror metaphors go, this malediction is one we know all too well.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
The examples are not so much metaphors or analogies as they are actual instances of the phenomena he is explaining, and they are instances that readers can see with their own eyes.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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