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sculptor

[skuhlp-ter] / ˈskʌlp tər /
NOUN
sculpture maker
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A scale model by sculptor Adam Matejowski was installed on the site in 2024 as a preview of the giant monument.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

His collection was a nod to the American sculptor Lynda Benglis and featured accordion-like dresses, skirts and accessories.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

On Wednesday, the team unveiled a memorial dedicated to “Jota and Silva at its Anfield Stadium. The monument, designed by sculptor Emma Rodgers, is named “Forever 20,” in honor of Jota’s Liverpool jersey number.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

The presidents were chosen by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who initially had grander plans for the memorial.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

So the sculptor sold it to France instead, and they are giving it to America as a gift.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Purpose-built for working artists, it was the first of its kind in the country, and immediately attracted painters, sculptors, architects—and Winthrop.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Sheffield sculptors Lily Marsh and Steve Roche were part of Great Britain's four-person team, which won the public vote and came third in the technical judging at the competition in Grindelwald.

From BBC Mar. 1, 2026

Because he is best known for his work in metal, the reflex is to group him with David Smith, Richard Serra and other sculptors in the constructivist tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

Laura Gardin Fraser, the only woman among the monument sculptors here, designed a powerful double-equestrian sculpture of Lee and Jackson for Baltimore, unveiled in 1948.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

In the center of town, only yards away from the modern buildings made of steel and glass, streets of painters, ceramists, and sculptors had sprung up on the side of a steep hill.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

They actually orbit each other, and as R Sculptoris dances in a circle, the wind that blows off from it forms a spiral pattern like a garden sprinkler shooting out water.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2012

About 7° south-east of α is the red and variable star R Sculptoris; variable from 6·2 to 8·8 magnitude, with a period of about 376 days.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore




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