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or catachrestical
as in symbolic
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Adjective
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The name on a map can strengthen a country's claims to ownership of a certain place and its symbolic power.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025 -
The symbolic clock is now at 89 seconds to midnight – advancing one second since last year.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His voice became emblematic for many long-time fans of NASCAR.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Pacific Palisades, the Los Angeles neighborhood that's been devastated by the Palisades fire, is emblematic of the insurance nightmare increasingly facing homeowners residing in regions prone to climate disasters.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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McCrae, too, approaches Dante’s allegorical vision with an urgency derived from a struggle that collapses the personal and the social, until the metaphysical realm seems the only possible stage.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The allegorical imagery partly found its allure from costume designer Lisy Christl.—
Daron James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Catachrestic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catachrestic. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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