miniature

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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

"The Liaoningosaurus fossils had already developed some armor. Now that we know they are babies and not miniature adults, we can say that these kinds of features came in quite early during the animal's growth."

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

The miniature versions have fewer than 1,000 pieces, including a purple lightning bolt for the extreme ultraviolet light—and a Lego figurine dressed in a bunny suit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Cats slip in and out of their miniature palazzo, vanishing and reappearing as if through unseen doors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Like Aristotle, Wolff imagined that the embryo contained some sort of encrypted information—code—that was not merely a miniature version of a human, but instructions to make a human from scratch.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee