as in reproductions
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 miniatures
Some original miniatures including the Hollywood Bowl and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre remain in other private collections.
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Daily News,
20 June 2026
In addition to writing the screenplay with Ford, Fish designed the sets, costumes, and miniatures, while also doing the hair and makeup for the all-Drag cast.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
Those miniatures eventually grew into larger chamber works and orchestral compositions.
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Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Inside are a series of smaller, more intimate rooms frescoed with Pompeian miniatures, and decorated with period furniture and family heirlooms.
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Ruchira Sharma,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
While shrub roses, climbers, and old garden roses need little fertilizing, hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, polyanthas and miniatures will benefit from regular feeding.
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Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 June 2026
These are tender, delicate miniatures—most of them between one and two minutes long—infused with an ethereal, exotic sense of romanticism.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
Embark on a journey through six possible future worlds and engage with films, audio stories and soundscapes, installations and projections, costumes and tapestries, movie miniatures and speculative artefacts.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Lopez’s day bag will feature miniature bags as pockets on the exterior, and the miniatures will also be released as separate bags.
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Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
Daily News,
20 June 2026
In addition to writing the screenplay with Ford, Fish designed the sets, costumes, and miniatures, while also doing the hair and makeup for the all-Drag cast.
—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
Those miniatures eventually grew into larger chamber works and orchestral compositions.
—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Inside are a series of smaller, more intimate rooms frescoed with Pompeian miniatures, and decorated with period furniture and family heirlooms.
—
Ruchira Sharma,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
While shrub roses, climbers, and old garden roses need little fertilizing, hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, polyanthas and miniatures will benefit from regular feeding.
—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 June 2026
These are tender, delicate miniatures—most of them between one and two minutes long—infused with an ethereal, exotic sense of romanticism.
—
Spin Staff,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
Embark on a journey through six possible future worlds and engage with films, audio stories and soundscapes, installations and projections, costumes and tapestries, movie miniatures and speculative artefacts.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Lopez’s day bag will feature miniature bags as pockets on the exterior, and the miniatures will also be released as separate bags.
—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miniatures
Noun
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Early in the movie, failed architect and failing furniture-store owner Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovers a portal into a seemingly endless, unpopulated liminal space filled with distorted reproductions of real-world rooms, objects, and even whole neighborhoods.
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Rooms are done in rich fabrics in warm earth tones and dressed up with elements of local design, such as reproductions of Pavel Janak’s angular Cubist timber chairs and elegant chaise longues from designer Adolf Loos.
Noun
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For museums with valuable, ancient artifacts, creating replicas that can be held is also a step toward accessibility.
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Inside, the center of the eight-floor museum features replicas of American milestones like the Declaration of Independence, the end of slavery, the fight for equal rights, and highlights from the Obamas' time in the White House.
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“Miniatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miniatures. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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