figurehead
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The show argues that Lichtenstein—a figurehead of “appropriation art” before it was a term—embraced subjects and styles used my mass media in ways that make his work “strikingly prescient and remarkably relevant.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Hungarian president is a largely figurehead role, but Baka's rule promises to be tempestuous.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Yet those who know Khan say she is unlikely to serve as a figurehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ed Miliband became foreign minister, Wes Streeting -- who abandoned plans to run against Burnham for the Labour leadership -- was named defence minister, and left-wing figurehead Angela Rayner returned to government.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The bronze dragon figurehead glinted in the morning light.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
In Colonial-era America, sculpture was a craft, not an art, its practitioners artisans who fashioned utilitarian objects like ships’ figureheads and shop signs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Maggie Thatcher came a few years before Reagan, but they were closely allied and historically linked as figureheads of the triumphant New Right.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
A MIT report and commentary from figureheads like Sam Altman over the summer sparked the market paranoia that has caused investors to increasingly sour on AI’s prospects.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
There is no room for non-playing figureheads at a major tournament.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
For indeed, we are nothing but figureheads to complex forces which seem to be under a kind of impulse.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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