statuette
Example Sentences
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"This Oscar was made of the metal of a railway car" damaged in a Russian attack, it said, calling the statuette "a symbol of resilience".
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
After he was handed a statuette for best actor at the Academy Awards, Michael B Jordan received another golden prize - a cheeseburger.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
But 35-year-old Talankin's film -- based on hours of footage he had smuggled out of Russia -- beat the odds and took home the statuette instead on Sunday.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
In the days after the fires, a dramatic image of a charred Oscar lying in the rubble circulated widely on social media, with some posts claiming it showed Robert Redford’s statuette destroyed in the disaster.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
A marble statuette stood in one comer, and rich rugs had been hung on the walls, lending their colors to the light in the room, softening the edges of everything.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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