I'm going to make an educated guess that the answer is the 3rd bubble
Because...
Hence the word figurative, which is here to make the words departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical
The best option to fit that definition would be the 3rd option since..
It is departing from the literal use and comparing an object into a real thing
The word "apace" in this paragraph means "quickly" or "swiftly". The author is talking about birth rate declines, not only in the Western world, but all around the world; it is a trend that is not going to disappear or slow down anytime soon, and it is conquering the world at a pace that is becoming faster every moment. In other words, the trend is growing in speed.
Answer:
Utilizing a sociocultural-anthropoletic estimate, one can thus conclude that stubby theoretically obtained a quantum ethnocentrism for soldiers.
