as in figures
a small statue
his collection of figurines includes toy soldiers from every war that America has fought
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Recent Examples of figurines
What about the ten years during which Giacometti sculpted human heads from live study, and carved innumerable miniscule figurines?
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 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
Her tree glowed with red and green nutcracker figurines tucked throughout the branches.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Pare down the amount of figurines on display or keep them covered in a glass display case or cabinet.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Most of them were confiscated by the Nazis in 1938, but one group of items escaped—a collection of two hundred and sixty-four small Japanese figurines, known as netsuke.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
The figurines have movable joints and serve as a blank canvas to be pierced, painted, posed or sculpted into whatever comes to mind for the artist, or comes in the form of an artist commission.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
The film’s use of religious imagery—in footage of the Islamic ritual tawaf on TV, in the positioning of speakers at the desert party like Catholic figurines on an altar—charges raving with a higher meaning.
—Álex Maroño Porto, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 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
Her tree glowed with red and green nutcracker figurines tucked throughout the branches.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Pare down the amount of figurines on display or keep them covered in a glass display case or cabinet.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Most of them were confiscated by the Nazis in 1938, but one group of items escaped—a collection of two hundred and sixty-four small Japanese figurines, known as netsuke.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
The figurines have movable joints and serve as a blank canvas to be pierced, painted, posed or sculpted into whatever comes to mind for the artist, or comes in the form of an artist commission.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
The film’s use of religious imagery—in footage of the Islamic ritual tawaf on TV, in the positioning of speakers at the desert party like Catholic figurines on an altar—charges raving with a higher meaning.
—Álex Maroño Porto, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurines
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While many departures could be precautionary rather than permanent, the figures point to a rupture in what had been a steady migration from Britain to the Gulf.—
Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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The recent figures don’t represent a retreat for the sector; on the contrary, 2025 was a record year for climate fund closes.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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For Panaro's home, Bruno’s interior design strategy—which took inspiration from Russian nesting dolls—wasn’t just about optimizing square footage.—
Ludovica Stevan,
Architectural Digest,
21 Apr. 2026
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From Hot Wheels to toy dolls, each item is handpicked and carefully listed online by Cameron himself.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Figurines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurines. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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