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Venus

[vee-nuhs] / ˈvi nəs /


NOUN
evening star
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NOUN
terrestrial planet
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“So much of the history of art is the anonymity of women, whether she’s a Madonna, Venus or a nude bather,” says art historian Katy Hessel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

That behavior does not fit the pattern inferred for Venus, where absorption falls sharply between 365 and 455 nm.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Jupiter and Venus are two of the planets which will be easy to see in the sky in mid-November.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Venus Williams and Sofia Kenin did not begin their first-round match until 12:13 a.m. — the tournament’s latest match start in history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

If Venus was closer to the Earth than the sun, its phases would range from crescent to half and never pass the half-illuminated point.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The chaos of three time zones and daylight saving couldn’t stop us from deconstructing the lens of art history, which, McCormack argues, wants to confine women to four categories: Venuses, mothers, damsels or monsters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

For now, studying Venus up close may be the only route to reliable estimates of which is more common in the cosmos: Earths or Venuses.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2021

Like his sad-eyed Venuses who float just beyond reality, this young man has his mind on the infinite.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2020

While his is a world of modern Venuses who lounge in cotton candy landscapes, it’s not all fantasy; Cotton paints from life, a practice that complements his own insatiable sweet tooth.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2018

Titian's Madonnas were not so numerous as his Venuses, many of which are judged excellent examples of the master.

From The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art by Sarah Tytler




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