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diorama

[dahy-uh-ram-uh, -rah-muh] / ˌdaɪ əˈræm ə, -ˈrɑ mə /


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Despite these hardships, they formed a community, depicted by a slave-cabin diorama and a display of everyday artifacts found on the property, such as tobacco pipes, a jaw harp, pottery and other items.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

"It successfully generated enough formic acid to power a miniature diorama in the pavilion, showing its potential as an efficient artificial photosynthesis system that could potentially be used to charge applications in our homes."

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

A life-size diorama attempts to bring the battlefield to life.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

New diorama designs can also open up new conversations.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2024

The nose of die diorama baby already forms, if you look closely, an arabesque.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

I was at a sound bath in the North American Mammal Hall at L.A.’s Natural History Museum, surrounded by dioramas of taxidermy, meditative instruments and sound healers from the Oso Sound Healing Studio.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Local artists, with easy access to Carrara marble quarried just down the coast, created thousands of sculpted scenes that by turns commemorate, re-create or just refer to the dead in towering dioramas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Each is building their own unique installation featuring a variety of sculptures, dioramas and new media.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

Rousseau’s make-believe world, beautifully abundant, unfolds like a series of enchanting though dramatic dioramas in the last gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2025

It was the same setup as the Egyptian Museum back in December, except this time there were volcanoes and molecule dioramas on the tables instead of pyramids and pharaohs.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio




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