parables
Example Sentences
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Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.
From Barron's
Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.
From Barron's
As it draws to a close, Hwang’s lethal playground games are cautionary parables about tribalism driven by greed.
From Salon
I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.
From Los Angeles Times
But Martin’s stories, along with being informed by actual history, are parables of power struggles among the ruling classes.
From Salon
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