Rhetorical Device Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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	noun • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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	noun • a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

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Source	#Number	Answer
New York Times21 May 1988	Down 1
New York Times23 Jun 1984	Down 56
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