curio

Example Sentences

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Yet more than a plot-driven work, this curio plays like a sensorial and surreal trip where a magical staircase to heaven blends with the already hypnotic landscape.

From Los Angeles Times

Locals shuffled through makeshift aisles bounded by curio cabinets, wardrobes and home bars styled with faux cocktails for an imaginary party.

From Salon

It was at once a stark avant-garde curio and a communal conversation-starter about representation and reality.

From Los Angeles Times

The retro versions may read like curios now, but tucked inside is a very modern impulse: making something generous out of what you have.

From Salon

The new directive prohibits them from 15 sectors including mobile money transfers, tour guiding, small-scale mining, on-farm crop buying, beauty salons, curio shops and establishing radio and TV operations.

From BBC