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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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For items he believes would thrive in miniature, he creates a mock-up before seeking permission from the maker of the normal-size version.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"I was super excited because I thought it was going to be a miniature crocodile, something brand new," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

At the Sunday reception, the couple had their first dance, with Bettina Trump wearing her wedding dress, and ate a five-tier wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

As the Senegalese engineers assemble their satellite -- wearing hairnets and white gloves as they probe a miniature black box, small enough to be held with one hand -- two destinations have become a priority.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Alex taps his G-glasses a few times, and a miniature hologram of a Manifestor man at a news desk floats between us.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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

In the once-bare space above the bedroom’s mantel, which holds a Louis XVI-style clock, gold-framed pictures and miniatures of family members and friends hang.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 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

The project, however, had peacetime roots: Polish-born producer Aniela Sidorska and American co-director Brendan Bellomo had originally hoped to collaborate on an animation project around Stasenko and Leontyev’s folkloric miniatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

By toying with the settings, she took a picture of Warren’s football game, from up in the bleachers, where the players looked like miniatures, the kind you’d see on a train set.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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