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Recent Examples of cherub
In the yard the stone statues of two naked cherubs hug, an orange tree is laden with fruit and the flame red hibiscus and poinsettia are in full bloom.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Art cycles in and out of fashion, and nothing could have been less suited to twentieth-century taste than Boucher’s chocolate-box cherubs.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
All that’s missing is cherub wings.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Art cycles in and out of fashion, and nothing could have been less suited to twentieth-century taste than Boucher’s chocolate-box cherubs.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
All that’s missing is cherub wings.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cherub
Noun
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Book shrines are elaborate containers made to hold sacred books often associated with saints, and only eight from medieval Ireland are known to exist today.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 July 2025
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Canonized as a saint by Pope Francis in 2016, Mother Teresa urged Catholics to dedicate themselves to service.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
Noun
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The colonized lands are conceptualized of as virgin or empty, or populated by savages and barbarians who amount to less-than-human types who must make way for the settlers.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 May 2025
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Hotlines in Ecuador and Argentina The statue of a virgin, la Virgen del Panecillo, looms over the city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador.—
Marta Martínez,
NPR,
8 June 2025
Noun
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The strapping colt took to the track at Pimlico for the first time Thursday morning, galloping a mile under exercise rider Nick Merritt.—
Stephen Whyno,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2025
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Unleashed like a locomotive at the top of the stretch at Churchill Downs and Saratoga Race Course, this hard-closing colt ran past the front runners with relative ease.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Cherub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cherub. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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