Oldenburg
Americannoun
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Claes (Thure) 1929–2022, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
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a former state in northwestern Germany, now part of Lower Saxony.
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a city in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany: capital of the former state of Oldenburg.
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a city in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: former capital of Oldenburg state. Pop: 158 340 (2003 est)
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a former state of NW Germany: became part of Lower Saxony in 1946
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Example Sentences
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However, she became distressed when her ideas were copied by or "inspired" her male contemporaries – including Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg and Lucas Samaras – whose works would be displayed at more prestigious galleries.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Oldenburg later said in an interview that their works differed in that Kusama relied on objects in a single, repeated shape, whereas his soft sculptures represented true-to-life objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The internet was rife with what sociologist Ray Oldenburg called “third places,” a space separate from home and work that encouraged social interaction and bred cohesion in communities.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Oldenburg, who is a filmmaker in Arlington, Texas, has taken advantage of the flexibility his job offers him.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Many of the founding members of the Royal Society—Digby and Oldenburg, for example, as well as Boyle—were preoccupied with alchemy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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