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An example of a metaphor used in popular science writing:
"The concept of extraterrestrial life is inextricably tied to our modern-day picture of the universe, in which the stars are distant suns, many of them – like our own Sun – with a retinue of planets orbiting around them."
Andrew May
Andrew May (2019) Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe
This could be considered an anthropomorphic metaphor, as in its literal sense only a person can have a retinue.
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