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 Close parallels to the original Game Face capsule figurine have resold for thousands of dollars on marketplaces like StockX and eBay. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025 The nonprofit organization is accepting donations of dishes, glassware, fine china, jewelry, purses, wallets, household items, figurines, holiday and decorative items that will then be displayed and available for purchase. Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025 The accompanying video, directed by Charlotte Rutherford, fittingly harkens back to videos of the same era, as Puth embarks on a goofy adventure through a pre-digital world filled with charming claymation figurines and old-school stop motion effects. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025 The edit suite looks like a dorm room, full of fanboy figurines like a life-size Funko Pop of Stranger Things’ protagonist Eleven (played by Millie Bobby Brown) that guards the front door in her blonde wig, clutching her favorite snack, Eggo waffles. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for figurine
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Noun
  • The naked baby angel boy character with whimsical headgear comes in different forms—from regular, mini dolls to the popular Hippers, which are designed to hang from your phone or laptop with a square of adhesive tape.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sailors in dress whites stood at attention like dolls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • The Louvre houses over 33,000 works spanning antiquities, sculpture, and painting — from Mesopotamian artifacts and Egyptian relics to masterpieces by European artists.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That extends from the light red bathroom tiles that mimic shiny, brick walls to an intertwining, metal branch sculpture canopy that greets visitors.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The film ultimately took home 11 statuettes, cleaning up in the technical categories and scoring Best Picture and Best Director.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the Montes de María, where additional Indigenous groups lived, small statuettes of human figures with instruments resembling gaitas (Indigenous flutes) - also known as chuanas - have been found.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As historian Kelly Lytle Hernández writes, one thing that stood in the way of this vision was the figure of the tramp.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Specifically, the analyst estimated a growth figure of around 10%.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Figurine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurine. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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