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miniature

[min-ee-uh-cher, -choor, min-uh-cher] / ˈmɪn i ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈmɪn ə tʃər /


NOUN
tiny thing
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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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

The group experiment with props including a wind machine and a foley door - a miniature door with a latch used for sound effects - as well as different materials such as plastic and leaves.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

At first glance, the rows of furniture boutiques make downtown High Point, N.C., look like a miniature version of New York’s Madison Avenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Rather than using seconds or minutes, Barontini developed a way to track time through changes in how atoms were distributed within the miniature universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Her closet, full of clothes, was built into the wall, and the top of her dresser was covered with small perfume bottles, lipsticks, and miniature dolls.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Conjuring fossils, keepsakes, toys and relics, these nostalgic, tactile miniatures suggest that Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast, may have believed in the aesthetic, transformational power of art after all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

The lyrics breathe like literary miniatures, gleefully exploring social satire, the fantastic and macabre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 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

The two accompanied one another as they walked through bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

Dabbing at my eyes, I wandered around the office and finally found myself in front of one of the Mughal miniatures.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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