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Vesta

[ves-tuh] / ˈvɛs tə /


NOUN
lares and penates
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Going all out, I once tried to go to a fancy-dress party as a Swan Vesta matchbox, wearing an elaborate cardboard contraption painted with a lot of time and effort.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Baer said Vesta is on track to take in $100 million in revenue this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

At 500km long, the star is about the same size as Vesta - the second-largest asteroid in our solar system.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

One, Project Vesta, in 2022 spread an alkaline mineral called olivine on a Long Island beach to test whether that would result in more alkaline waters as waves wash the material out to sea.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2023

The worship of the goddess Vesta and of fire, was brought into Italy by Æneas and the other Trojans who landed there; but the Phrygians themselves had received it from the eastern nations.

From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous