miniature
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One Instagram Reel shows a film crew capturing a giant wave flattening a model city with the caption, “No CGI. No compositing. Just a hand-built miniature Miami and a 40-foot wave tank.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
While McGee has no plans to revive the concept, he has created a miniature replica of the 99 Cents Only Store at the gallery, complete with the store’s iconic blue-and-white floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
With affordable rates for its two nine-hole courses, one 18-hole course, miniature golf course and driving range, the facility is known for being accessible to both beginners and seasoned players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
These visions are known as Lilliputian hallucinations, named after the miniature inhabitants of "Gulliver's Travels," who stand just 6 inches tall.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
The sight of it purely took my breath away because spread out before me was all of Sassafras Springs—every inch of it—in miniature.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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
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
This year, the artist known as Girl Ultra qualifies for the Latin Grammy on the strength of “Blush:” a delicate EP made up of fleeting miniatures, noir impressions of EDM glamour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
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
“Is the lion-bird to sit in my place, Nighthand? And the miniatures to eats my fish?”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing miniature
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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