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
Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
The inclusion of a late Neolithic female figurine fragment from North Macedonia grounds the exhibition in deep time, underscoring the persistence of these forms.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
La Cocina, one of the property’s three restaurants, felt, to me, like an open-air art gallery more than a restaurant, with wooden shelves displaying ceramics and beaded figurines made by the area’s Indigenous Wixárika community.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Chicago's aunt Khloé Kardashian also posted a video of Tatum, her daughter Trueand the birthday girl dancing on a pink and white dance floor next to a personalized stage featuring cow and horse figurines, hay bales, pretty pastel balloons and ‘Chi’ in huge pink letters.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
The inclusion of a late Neolithic female figurine fragment from North Macedonia grounds the exhibition in deep time, underscoring the persistence of these forms.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
La Cocina, one of the property’s three restaurants, felt, to me, like an open-air art gallery more than a restaurant, with wooden shelves displaying ceramics and beaded figurines made by the area’s Indigenous Wixárika community.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Chicago's aunt Khloé Kardashian also posted a video of Tatum, her daughter Trueand the birthday girl dancing on a pink and white dance floor next to a personalized stage featuring cow and horse figurines, hay bales, pretty pastel balloons and ‘Chi’ in huge pink letters.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurine
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The queen will gift a new Roo doll to the New York Public Library’s famous Winnie the Pooh collection as the character marks 100 years since its creation.—
Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The leader of the rebellion chatted with young kids carrying Princess Leia dolls and wearing Boba Fett masks.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2026
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Contemporary sculpture, by contrast, is born transient, and can enact only contingent experiences of belonging.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Willow pointed out the sculpture’s windpipe, constructed out of twisted wood, which extends above the lungs skyward.—
Isadora Pennington,
AJC.com,
1 May 2026
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The prize winner will be awarded £30,000 and a statuette created and donated by late artist Grizel Niven.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The show’s longtime emcee Jeff Probst has managed four consecutive statuettes for outstanding host of a reality or competition program from 2008 to 2011.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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Though embedded in society, these young characters are Kaspar Hauser-like figures, spectrally isolated from the signifying world, forced to construct meaning for themselves, from the ground up.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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At least 385 people have been killed by Israeli attacks since then, according to the Health Ministry’s figures.—
Charbel Mallo,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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“Figurine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurine. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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