as in tiny
very small in size
a dollhouse with miniature furnishings
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as in reproduction
an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size
a diorama filled with miniatures of town buildings as they looked in the 19th century
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Recent Examples of miniature
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Google on Tuesday showed off prototype glasses that combine a miniature display with the company's Gemini AI assistant.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
Andrew Sessa, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2025
That’s an eight-example unicorn in reality, though now reborn in miniature, and in greater numbers.
—Nik Miles, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Volunteers and wildlife experts are trying to lure in a miniature dachshund named Valerie on Kangaroo Island, a 1,700-square-mile outpost off the coast of South Australia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Google on Tuesday showed off prototype glasses that combine a miniature display with the company's Gemini AI assistant.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
Its floral pattern recreates, in miniature, the print on the Fromental wallpaper seen in the stair hall behind.
—Andrew Sessa, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2025
That’s an eight-example unicorn in reality, though now reborn in miniature, and in greater numbers.
—Nik Miles, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miniature
Adjective
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Follicle cysts form when the tiny sac (called a follicle) that houses the maturing egg during your cycle doesn’t break open as usual to release said egg.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
22 Apr. 2025
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Because of the unique position of the pope, a cleric with his own tiny state and significant global influence, the book is also a chronicle of contemporary international affairs.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Hess’s book arrives at a historical moment—post-Dobbs, pro-natalist, techno-dystopian—in which both pregnant bodies and the stuff of reproduction itself have come under an extraordinary degree of scrutiny, judgment, and control.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Fruit fly reproduction Fruit fly reproduction can happen quickly.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Heading into the final rotation, all four teams were separated by under two-tenths of a point, with UCLA holding a minuscule lead over the field.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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All that performance squeezed into a minuscule 9-ounce package is already impressive, and a super affordable sale price of just $13 just sweetens the deal.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
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And behind the scenes, Ocado uses digital twin technology, essentially a virtual replica of the warehouse, to simulate and optimize everything from customer demand to delivery routes.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Aaron Paul gives a compelling double performance as both the astronaut Cliff and a robot replica of Cliff temporarily controlled by fellow astronaut David (Josh Hartnett).—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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These ivory pieces, showing signs of intentional modification, may represent the earliest evidence of deliberate ivory processing, possibly crafted by children as imitations of tools.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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People can learn what's acceptable and what's not through observation and imitation, and talking about other people's experiences can act as a warning sign for ourselves.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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Across the board, all models support low-latency gaming modes (ranging from 105ms to 120ms with Nothing OS), IP55 dust and water resistance (except Buds 2a with IP54), and fast charging.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Police analysts can then comb through this data and attempt to identify a culprit, often using surveillance footage or witness testimony about a vehicle’s color, make, or model.—
Dell Cameron,
Wired News,
28 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Miniature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miniature. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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