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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


Example Sentences

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While the earlier collection exhibition felt scattershot and left one with only a hazy sense of what the museum represents, this display offers a penetrating overview in miniature.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The site, which has space for works ranging from large sculptures to Indian miniature paintings, will deliver a rotating programme of exhibitions over time and has been adapted to accommodate both group and solo shows.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Curator Ingrid Schaffner calls the miniature sculptures by Betye Saar and Takashi Murakami installed on discrete shelves “the house gods” — works that, like the others, “anchor Eileen’s day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Specimens once believed to represent a miniature species of armored dinosaur have now been identified as young ankylosaurs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

But next to me at the head of the yardstick was a miniature chair of English bone china, white with hand-painted rosebuds.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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