statue
noun
stat·ue
ˈsta-(ˌ)chü 
: a three-dimensional representation usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpturing, modeling, or casting
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At an event commemorating the famous 1925 serum run at the beloved statue of Balto the Alaskan Husky in Central Park, President Joe Biden spoke of his long-ago toy Schnauzer, Puddles.
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Rich Lowry, National Review, 17 Sep. 2023
Lakers Kobe Bryant statue to be unveiled outside Crypto next year.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
The statue features a godlike Lincoln astride a kneeling, formerly enslaved man in a loincloth — his servile gratitude could not be more apparent.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
Enter Email Sign Up A man on a bicycle looks at a statue by the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero in Bogota, on Sept. 15.JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images
Fernando Botero Angulo was born April 19, 1932, in the Colombian city of Medellín.
—Stephen Kinzer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
Penn, who has won two best actor Oscars for Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), also told the magazine that his only option was to destroy his statues.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2023
The district agreed to give her two million dollars and promised to erect an eighteen-inch statue of Izzy in the Foxboro Elementary library, and a plaque at district headquarters, commemorating her.
—James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
The piece is hourglass like a Jean Paul Gaultier perfume bottle, and its leather has been screen-printed to resemble an eroding vert-de-gris statue.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
Top officials with the Chicago water department expressed concerns about putting a statue of labor activist Mother Jones at Jane Byrne Park, internal city emails show.
—Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
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Rich Lowry, National Review, 17 Sep. 2023
Lakers Kobe Bryant statue to be unveiled outside Crypto next year.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
The statue features a godlike Lincoln astride a kneeling, formerly enslaved man in a loincloth — his servile gratitude could not be more apparent.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
Enter Email Sign Up A man on a bicycle looks at a statue by the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero in Bogota, on Sept. 15.JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images
Fernando Botero Angulo was born April 19, 1932, in the Colombian city of Medellín.
—Stephen Kinzer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
Penn, who has won two best actor Oscars for Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), also told the magazine that his only option was to destroy his statues.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2023
The district agreed to give her two million dollars and promised to erect an eighteen-inch statue of Izzy in the Foxboro Elementary library, and a plaque at district headquarters, commemorating her.
—James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
The piece is hourglass like a Jean Paul Gaultier perfume bottle, and its leather has been screen-printed to resemble an eroding vert-de-gris statue.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
Top officials with the Chicago water department expressed concerns about putting a statue of labor activist Mother Jones at Jane Byrne Park, internal city emails show.
—Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
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statue
noun
stat·ue
ˈstach-ü
: a likeness (as of a person) sculptured, modeled, or cast in a solid substance (as marble)
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