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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The soft drink 7-Up issues commemorative cans for all 50 states with instructions on how to stack the states to reveal a picture of the Statue of Liberty on one side of the cans. —

Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026 The words of Emma Lazarus on the base of the Statue of Liberty should ring true to all Americans and to those who wish to live their lives here. —

Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026 But the view of the Statue of Liberty was nice. —

Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Tourists seeking to visit the Statue of Liberty were defrauded daily by unscrupulous ticket-hawkers pitching water tours departing miles away that charge high prices and can’t land on Liberty Island. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Statue of Liberty

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Statue of Liberty was in 1887

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