figurative
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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
Renoir is celebrated for his light-dappled canvases capturing 19th-century European leisure, high society and timeless figurative studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
She was inviting us into her figurative and literal home — the tour bus she resided in for over a decade, with an overzealous guide to boot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The miracle everyone pulls off is making a poisonous relationship dryly hilarious, even if every civilized exchange eventually becomes a figurative frying pan flying through the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Now lined with a row of small shops, the tradition continues, though in a figurative rather than literal sense.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Vocabulary lists containing figurative
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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