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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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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

Suzanne, who is "so strong but not overly sentimental", sent her an engraved miniature picture frame out of the blue years later simply thanking Louise for being there when she was needed.

From BBC Sep. 11, 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

So does a third Jacobean miniature ascribed to an “ancient original,” now lost.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Because the drone lizard didn’t just carry a miniature microphone.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

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

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

"They've always been pushing the boundaries, going into miniatures, paints as well as books, magazines and even digitising their games."

From BBC Jan. 18, 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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