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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

A box of gravel, a handful of leaves and a miniature door might not sound like the ingredients for a wedding day drama.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 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

“Corrado rested the miniature glass horse delicately on his knee,” Mr. Naspini writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Behind us, the hat spun out into the morning air in a white blur, like a miniature flying saucer, and landed right smack in the middle of the highway.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Turning products like Etch A Sketch, Super Soaker and Hungry Hungry Hippos into working miniatures has made Alan Dorfman a toy tycoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Voicemails From Gran’pa,” Caballero has used miniatures to immortalize his loved ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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

An even more radical rejection of complexity can be heard in the piano miniatures of Erik Satie, Faure’s eccentric, half-English contemporary.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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