metaphors
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"The proliferation of those struck me," Vara told Front Row, adding that the story also had a lot of metaphors, also prevalent in writing generated by AI.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The movie’s metaphors are mixed; its sense of purpose is poetic and assured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
CEOs sometimes use sports metaphors but stars can dominate those teams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
And I wasn’t entirely thrilled with “Backrooms” getting lost in the maze of its metaphors, either.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
But as we shall see, coherent discourse also uses devices that differ from the branching of a tree, and our metaphors must expand accordingly.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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