metonym

Example Sentences

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In her 2022 exhibition “End of Subject” at New York’s 52 Walker gallery, everyday objects like barricades became metonyms for the ways in which individuals organize, divide and view one another in social settings.

From New York Times

“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

They lived as individuals and they died, tragically and way too soon, in a way that comes to be a metonym for the experience of being "American" for a lot of people.

From Salon

It’s more metonym for the glamorous arrivals than a literal description of what everyone is walking on.

From Seattle Times

Thus, some scientists say that Gaia, the mother of life, is a poor choice of deity to serve as a metonym for Earth.

From Salon