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sculptor

[skuhlp-ter] / ˈskʌlp tər /
NOUN
sculpture maker
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The sculptor and his workmen look like miniature figures as they work on the 14-meter monument in honor of the pope, who is a Peruvian citizen.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

After the death of her lover, Romanian sculptor George Apostu, whose rough-hewn wood sculptures still populate the house’s patio, Caland’s children encouraged yet another departure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Pittsburgh sculptor Brian McGuire custom designed the mold and is also working on a replica of the 1926 Central Library building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Lydia Corbett, 91, is a French-English painter and sculptor who, in 1954, sat for Pablo Picasso and was the subject of about 60 works, turning her hair style into a sensation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

That’s the name of the sculptor that was on the piece of paper Sandy gave me.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Purpose-built for working artists, it was the first of its kind in the country, and immediately attracted painters, sculptors, architects—and Winthrop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

One of the detainees was 16-year-old Ruth Asawa, one of America’s most celebrated sculptors.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Sheffield sculptors Lily Marsh and Steve Roche were part of Great Britain's four-person team, which won the public vote and came third in the technical judging at the competition in Grindelwald.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

Early Renaissance sculptors went to school on works like this, learning from them how to tell a complex story on a flat surface within a circumscribed area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

Felicia watched the thickset butchers cleave and carve the flesh like sculptors, could scarcely tell them apart, in fact, from the marbled slabs of beef at their elbows.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

They actually orbit each other, and as R Sculptoris dances in a circle, the wind that blows off from it forms a spiral pattern like a garden sprinkler shooting out water.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2012

About 7° south-east of α is the red and variable star R Sculptoris; variable from 6·2 to 8·8 magnitude, with a period of about 376 days.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore




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