Statue of Liberty
noun phrase
1
: a large copper statue of a woman holding a torch aloft in her right hand located on Liberty Island in New York harbor
2
: 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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The Statue of Liberty, for example, will remain open.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The decision followed a dispute with curators over how to display a painting that reimagined the Statue of Liberty as a Black, trans woman.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
American icons and products—Rambo in Afghanistan, the Statue of Liberty–esque Goddess of Democracy in Tiananmen Square, McDonald’s and CNN everywhere—seemed seductively omnipresent.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Motivating Sherald’s decision was information leading her to believe the museum was considering removing her painting of a transgender person standing in as the Statue of Liberty, Trans Forming Liberty (2024).
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The decision followed a dispute with curators over how to display a painting that reimagined the Statue of Liberty as a Black, trans woman.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
American icons and products—Rambo in Afghanistan, the Statue of Liberty–esque Goddess of Democracy in Tiananmen Square, McDonald’s and CNN everywhere—seemed seductively omnipresent.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Motivating Sherald’s decision was information leading her to believe the museum was considering removing her painting of a transgender person standing in as the Statue of Liberty, Trans Forming Liberty (2024).
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Statue of Liberty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Statue%20of%20Liberty. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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