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Recent Examples of sculpture
Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
Contours on the Air Max 1000 follow that of the Air Max 1, the most prominent being the mudguard shape, and Nike refers to the younger sneaker as a wearable sculpture.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026
Peter Lyon, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Modeling in clay was a way to process the paintings and sculpture the young man was discovering in the art metropolis of the Western world.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
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Noun
Behind it was Constantin Brâncuși’s breakthrough sculpture, Danaïde.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
Contours on the Air Max 1000 follow that of the Air Max 1, the most prominent being the mudguard shape, and Nike refers to the younger sneaker as a wearable sculpture.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
Co-developed with NISMO, Nissan’s in-house racing and customizing arm, the Hyper-Force’s carbon-fiber body is sculptured like a fighter jet with the sole purpose of going as fast as possible.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Modeling in clay was a way to process the paintings and sculpture the young man was discovering in the art metropolis of the Western world.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sculpture
Noun
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The Rim in the Waterside shops will offer its holiday buffet featuring a ham and tri-tip beef carving station.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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The buffet includes crab Benedict, lobster tails, oysters, made-to-order omelets and crepes, a meat carving station, several traditional breakfast items and a dessert bar.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Director Gay has sculpted a staging that is faithful to a more leisurely 19th-century storytelling style, yet satisfies modern audiences’ constant craving for stimulation.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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Really, the entrance to that hell is a shot of a vending machine full of only red Gatorade, and the sculpting work that the sound team did to blend the grating atmospheric noise of the ER, Finneas’s tense score, and the key sound effects that connect us to Ashley’s fear and pain.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some models feature replaceable blades, like the Milk Street Kitchen Precision peeler, which retails for $30, but by peeler standards that’s high.—
Jennifer Zyman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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For four of these systems, the observations were sensitive enough to allow the astronomers to measure the masses of the component stars from first principles, independent of any guidance from theoretical models.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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At the same time, the tornado carved a more than two-mile curve through Cass County, bringing winds up to 110 miles per hour.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
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Today, Indigenous writers such as herself have carved out a dedicated place within fiction and non-fiction alike.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Sculpture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculpture. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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