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or life-sized
: of natural size : of the size of the original
a life-size statue
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One project was a human-size gerbil feeder and another a life-size origami horse.
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Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
The Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang has taken over a gargantuan room to house his 2006 piece Head On, consisting of 99 life-size sculptures of wolves leaping ferociously through the air.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
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.
—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
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Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
The Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang has taken over a gargantuan room to house his 2006 piece Head On, consisting of 99 life-size sculptures of wolves leaping ferociously through the air.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
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.
—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
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“Life-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-size. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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