miniature
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Alice Greene spent part of a recent Tuesday evening at a clawcade in Manhattan with two friends, trying to pick up “blind boxes” that contain miniature mystery figurines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
This pinhole projector will show you the shadow being cast on the Sun replicated in miniature.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
When I made the tiny dancer in my music box turn pirouette after pirouette, I was captivated by more than just her pretty miniature tutu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
According to the researchers, physiology by itself cannot account for this rapid move toward miniature bodies either.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The dragon rose into the air, a flurry of anger in miniature.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
The lyrics breathe like literary miniatures, gleefully exploring social satire, the fantastic and macabre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing miniature
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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