figurehead

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

Glyndŵr has since become a figurehead for Welsh nationalism and there are statues, monuments, pubs and street names across Wales commemorating him.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Yet those who know Khan say she is unlikely to serve as a figurehead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Statues of independence hero Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Dr. Moroka, the president-general of the ANC and the figurehead of the campaign, shocked us all by employing his own attorney.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Second-wave feminism continued to gain momentum, and Steinem was one of its most famous figureheads.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

The attacks against AI figureheads have no demonstrable ties to one another, nor do they claim affiliation with any shared organization.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

Now vaguely older, the girls have become figureheads for opposing sides, with Glinda an Emerald City influencer and Elphaba an animal rights activist: the lime-colored embodiment of Greenpeace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

Always she waited, her eyes straining to make out the figure on the prow, and always, at the sight of those strange, glistening white figureheads, her heart sank.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare