ALLUSIONS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

allusions

noun

plural of allusion

as in references

a statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly The lyrics contain biblical allusions.

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Recent Examples of allusions None of her fellow students catch her frequent literary allusions, but the principal, Henry Grayle (Matthew Lillard), does. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Seven decades after Elia Kazan’s film adaptation, his granddaughter Zoe Kazan has distilled her interpretation of Steinbeck’s multigenerational saga, which is deeply structured around biblical allusions, into a seven-episode series for Netflix. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Many of these allusions can feel like inside baseball that will make sense to only a microscopic portion of the French population, most of it based in Paris. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Her lyrics, like those of many of her biggest musical influences, are dense texts, full of winking allusions and subtle references to records, bands, and albums that have shaped her own songwriting. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 Deramas also justifies all the cinematic allusions on the story level, establishing the characters as devoted cinephiles who are particularly acquainted with Philippine cinema. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026 Rather, their time-switching variety and tone-shifting allusions suggest a trip through subjectivity—through Sterling’s inner life and through the collective memory of the town. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026 Ari Aster’s most polarizing film to date features allusions to both the Odyssey and another film influenced by Homer’s epic, The Wizard of Oz (1939). — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026 Come for the sisterhood, stay for allusions to William Faulkner and Donna Tartt. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

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With a total surface spanning close to 39,825 square feet, La Grande Épicerie on the Left Bank stocks more than 30,000 references billed to be the finest products, of which over 600 are from its own brand.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
The big debate though, that Plaschke references, is whether Ohtani should continue pitching, being a two-way player, in 2027 and beyond.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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Whether the race takes place in the spring or fall, the event can have major implications in the chase for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
But what, if any, are the wider implications for this research?

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

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