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or life-sized
: of natural size : of the size of the original
a life-size statue
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Universal rolled out plenty of jaw-dropping life-size animatronic dinosaurs surrounded by movie props and characters from the $6 billion film franchise that stretches back to 1993.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
There are also eight life-size painted Dorothy statues that make up an independent art tour throughout the town.
—Stacey Zable, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
The exhibition features about 140 original artifacts and specimens, including a sculpture of an articulated adult female orca skeleton and a life-size family of three replica orcas.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
But the Ballances were more than gallant warriors – in fact, a life-size oil painting of Marti’s great-grandfather Charles Ballance’s wife and children – including her grandfather Willis as a 3-year-old – hangs in a place of honor at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
There are also eight life-size painted Dorothy statues that make up an independent art tour throughout the town.
—Stacey Zable, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
The exhibition features about 140 original artifacts and specimens, including a sculpture of an articulated adult female orca skeleton and a life-size family of three replica orcas.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
But the Ballances were more than gallant warriors – in fact, a life-size oil painting of Marti’s great-grandfather Charles Ballance’s wife and children – including her grandfather Willis as a 3-year-old – hangs in a place of honor at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Life-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-size. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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