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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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These miniature models allow scientists to investigate aspects of brain biology that can be difficult to study directly in humans.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Uddin's photographs explore the miniature world of slime moulds, organisms that can be barely visible to the naked eye and whose fruiting structures are just one to two millimetres high.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The couple owned a miniature Australian Shepherd named Pip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

In one food group I follow, posts about AI restaurant marketing increasingly read like miniature boycott pledges.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

All seven miniature versions of him dropped what they were holding and raced to the compact.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Most of these miniatures and tone poems were inspired by Hopkins’ childhood — his parents, his hometown, the day the circus came.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 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

Many more eccentric characters appear, such as Tristram’s Uncle Toby, a wounded veteran who loses himself by re-creating former battles with miniatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 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

The miniatures on the walls revealed their subject matter under closer observation.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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