miniature

Wynn’s most memorable ad for Oliver Peoples was a photo of miniature versions of the opticians at the store cobbling together frames among books and newspaper clippings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

For this study, the team created a miniature model of the neuromuscular junction, the connection where a motor neuron communicates with a muscle cell.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

Developed and manufactured through Hesperos, a company co-founded by Hickman, these miniature systems bring different types of human cells together under controlled conditions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

Blind box collectables like Sonny Angels - tiny, unclothed cherub-like dolls - and miniature glow-in-the-dark Smiski figurines have been flying off shelves.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

For as long as I could recall, this space had been divided into four truly miniature rooms.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

To prefer these easily manipulable miniatures, however vivid their colors, to the messy present is a form of evasion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Some scenes for the Rocky Horror Picture Show were recorded at the studios in 1974 and Ridley Scott built and shot the miniatures for his Academy Award winning sci-fi thriller Alien there in 1978.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Many more eccentric characters appear, such as Tristram’s Uncle Toby, a wounded veteran who loses himself by re-creating former battles with miniatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Thanks to a melange of practical effects, matte paintings, miniatures, models and costly, groundbreaking special effects, Donner achieved a superhero movie that looks unlike anything made in the decades since.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025

“If I had a passion for doors,” he said, “or gilded clocks, or miniatures; if I wanted a Turkish corner of my own, I would very likely regard Hill House as a fairyland of beauty.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson