metaphor
Example Sentences
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Is the show a metaphor about the encroachment of AI?
From MarketWatch
The year 2025 was more tumultuous than any silly football game and its accompanying overwrought metaphors.
From Los Angeles Times
Or maybe it just sounded like a cool phrase, and no one involved grasped the weirdness of the metaphor.
From Salon
That, folks, is my metaphor for life, America and this particular column.
From Los Angeles Times
From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
