as in doll
a small statue his collection of figurines includes toy soldiers from every war that America has fought

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Recent Examples of figurine The rosca comes in different sizes, and depending on the size, the number of figurines inside varies. Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025 Among these Peddlers Mall finds is a collection of more than a dozen Santa figurines. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024 Its peachy-pink, refillable bottle is capped with a sphere and emblazoned with a butterfly figurine. Jennifer Weil, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025 The figurine was dropped off anonymously at a Fort Collins fire station four days later on Dec. 19. Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for figurine 
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Noun
  • And, for a spell in the nineteen-eighties, Lynch kept a proto-ricky group of identical Woody Woodpecker dolls in his office, named Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, and Dan.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
  • At one point, a sleepy Pekingese took notice of Alice’s baby doll.
    Chloe Malle, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Contemporary sculptures of earthly Greek women were usually made from terra-cotta and depicted them clothed in tight cloaks.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Your creative process involves staging sculptures with natural materials and allowing environmental factors to interact with them.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Grande and Erivo continue to be lauded by fans and many in Hollywood, but will that buzz be enough to get them the Oscar statuettes?
    Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Like Wicked, the three statuettes that she's already snagged also had their roots in a Broadway musical: the 2015 revival of The Color Purple. Want more movie news?
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the 1990s, the central figure was El Chapo Guzman, and later, Amado Carrillo.
    Anna Lagos, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2025
  • That translates to a K-BB percentage figure of 24.8 percent — the best of his three-year career.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Figurine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurine. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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