as in tiny
very small in size
a dollhouse with miniature furnishings
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as in reproduction
an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size
a diorama filled with miniatures of town buildings as they looked in the 19th century
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Recent Examples of miniature
Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2025
Additionally, Barbie has tapped actresses and real-life besties Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple to receive their own dolls, who model miniature red carpet-worthy gowns.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The Fenty mogul personally introduces the new trailer, which went live Thursday (Feb. 6), waving to the camera before she’s joined by a few of the film’s famous blue miniatures on screen.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
His pasture mates are two miniature donkeys named Jed and Jethro and his best friend is Gus-Gus, a miniature highland cow.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2025
Additionally, Barbie has tapped actresses and real-life besties Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple to receive their own dolls, who model miniature red carpet-worthy gowns.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
Decorated in a palette of dusty blues and lilacs, the room features oversized chinoiserie jars, a canopied bed, charming miniatures on the wall and antique furniture.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The Fenty mogul personally introduces the new trailer, which went live Thursday (Feb. 6), waving to the camera before she’s joined by a few of the film’s famous blue miniatures on screen.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miniature
Adjective
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Apply a tiny bit of water to the wonton edges with your finger.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Mar. 2025
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Regular computers, including the one on your desk, think in tiny bits of information that are either a 1 or a 0—like flipping a light switch on or off.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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While this research is an important first step, future research will need to expand these datasets, use satellite tracking to follow potential neonate movement, and explore whether other environmental factors, such as deep-sea features or seasonal cycles, play a role in whale shark reproduction.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The exhibition at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex through Saturday, April 19, features reproductions rather than original artworks.—
Jonel Juste,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Other than minuscule amounts of state funding in some cases and a smattering of private donations, tribal colleges that lose any federal funding have few other sources of income.—
Matt Krupnick,
ProPublica,
10 Mar. 2025
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The birds are already minuscule and delicate, and many of the ones Masear works with are babies whose mothers have disappeared or died, which puts them in even greater peril.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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One approach would be to ramp up artificial neural networks to the level of being an exact replica of a human brain.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Mark Rober, who has over 65 million subscribers on YouTube, tested the vehicle's autonomous cameras by driving at a screen with an exact replica of the road behind it, in the style of a Looney Tunes sketch.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag.—
Daniel Brown,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Heat have done a very credible imitation of the Washington Generals recently.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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The two most visible competitors, Samsung and Apple, do have models that sit between the vanilla and the Pro handsets, but their difference is a larger screen with the same performance as the vanilla model.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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On Monday, March 10, the model, 28, attended the Yves Saint Laurent women’s show as part of Paris Fashion Week in a crushed velvet blazer dress paired with coordinating mules, oversized pearl earrings and a statement bag.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Miniature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miniature. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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