metaphorical
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But with oil returning to the $100 precipice, private credit markets beset by liquidity concerns, and bond investors back on inflation watch, it may not be long before the metaphorical dams start leaking.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
The next time a pundit cites that as a positive factor, though, ask them what happens with cash when it runs onto the metaphorical field?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
He later apologized on X, claiming he had "badly used the expression... in a metaphorical way to mean 'fooling around'".
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
The description says it is a metaphorical symbol used by the Akan people of Ghana to express “the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
In all the major European languages the same metaphorical use of a word meaning ‘uncover’ was soon adopted to describe the voyages of discovery.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing metaphorical
Reading: Literature - High School
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