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Noun
a fine example of late Renaissance statuary
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Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2026
Its donors paid for the restoration of the tomb of the neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova, a marble pyramid with stone figures, after salt water was found to be seeping up from underground and damaging the statuary.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2025
Stephen Fowler, NPR, 3 July 2025
The adjoining primary bath has a mosaic-patterned marble floor, statuary white marble walls and a seven-foot-long vanity with a quartz top.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
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Noun
But beyond the architectural artifacts and artwork, the duplex is jammed with eclectic objects, from statuary and ceramics from around the world to boomerangs, cigar molds, and shoe forms.
—Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2026
Its donors paid for the restoration of the tomb of the neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova, a marble pyramid with stone figures, after salt water was found to be seeping up from underground and damaging the statuary.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
The order also revives Trump's call for a National Garden of American Heroes, a statuary park honoring 250 figures ranging from Presidents Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy to basketball star Kobe Bryant, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and civil rights leader C.T. Vivian.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 3 July 2025
The adjoining primary bath has a mosaic-patterned marble floor, statuary white marble walls and a seven-foot-long vanity with a quartz top.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
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“Statuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statuary. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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