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Recent Examples of bestiary
Our Creature, Our Selves Image This fair is also a bestiary, with many of its animal objects ready to serve.
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Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the bestiary, the animals representing the sins were related to animals that existed.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
That creature, in turn, can be traced back to medieval bestiaries as a type of whale called aspidochelone, first mentioned in a 2nd-century CE Alexandrian manuscript called the Physiologus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023
Though his catalogue of catastrophe is real, what one most remembers are the beasts in his bestiary.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the bestiary, the animals representing the sins were related to animals that existed.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
That creature, in turn, can be traced back to medieval bestiaries as a type of whale called aspidochelone, first mentioned in a 2nd-century CE Alexandrian manuscript called the Physiologus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023
Though his catalogue of catastrophe is real, what one most remembers are the beasts in his bestiary.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestiary
Noun
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Sufi saints used stories, parables and allegories to teach spiritual truths.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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While Jesus may have used parables and the Apostle Paul used letters, Francis used social media to spread the Gospel.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Great sci-fi often serves as an allegory for current social and political issues.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2025
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The comic is often read as a political allegory, particularly resonant due to the author's disappearance under Argentina's last military dictatorship, according to the Buenos Aires Herald.—
Jenna deJong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
Noun
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The exhibition at DuSable Black History Museum features works made by Nazareno in response to Brazilian fables that that draw inspiration from the pantheon of Orixás–a system of entities worshipped in parts of Africa and Latin America.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Easter Bunny is on the lookout for the best egg, and along the way, his friends tell him tales and fables.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
18 Apr. 2025
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With the use of engaging narrative techniques, accurately researched historical background, and a touch of humor and warmth, Sadlowski offers a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever aspired to realize a dream, overcome adversity, or heeded the call to give care to others.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Showrunner Erica Messer hinted that both JJ and Dr. Lewis will have expanded narratives in the current season, and the door remains open for other past characters like Josh Stewart's Will LaMontagne and Felicity Huffman's Dr. Jill Gideon to return, according to TV Insider.—
Jenna deJong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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“Bestiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestiary. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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