Statue of Liberty

noun phrase

: a large copper statue of a woman holding a torch aloft in her right hand located on Liberty Island in New York harbor

: a trick play in football in which the ballcarrier takes the ball from the raised hand of a teammate who is faking a pass

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Most immigrant stories tend to shoot the Statue of Liberty with grandeur. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024 Signs like this are museum pieces that are out there still doing their thing, as much as the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument, and they should be celebrated, not gutted. —

Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024 In June, Roan appeared for a performance at New York's Governors Ball music festival, painted in all green as the Statue of Liberty. —

Tabitha Parent, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024 One of the most famous examples of copper’s corrosion is the Statue of Liberty which, when gifted to the United States in 1885, arrived as a shining, shimmering, amber structure. —

Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Statue of Liberty

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of Statue of Liberty was in 1887

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