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
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
While in Japan, Luca worked meticulously with the artists to ensure the miniatures were painted lifelike, not flawlessly.
—Sam Mulick, Daily News, 29 May 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
Next up, a build plate of an entire droid army of miniatures.
—Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 2 May 2026
Bohan carried on that tradition, while also designing two collections a year for Baby Dior, often making miniatures of Elizabeth Taylor’s purchases for her daughter, Liza, which the pair would go out wearing together.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
For Asmae El Moudir in The Mother of All Lies, that meant using miniatures to coax out details of her family’s experiences during Morocco’s brutal Years of Lead.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
There are quite a few places for role-playing games across the five boroughs, but only at Twenty Sided in Williamsburg can D&D and Pathfinder enthusiasts learn to paint bespoke miniatures.
—The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026
While in Japan, Luca worked meticulously with the artists to ensure the miniatures were painted lifelike, not flawlessly.
—Sam Mulick, Daily News, 29 May 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
Next up, a build plate of an entire droid army of miniatures.
—Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 2 May 2026
Bohan carried on that tradition, while also designing two collections a year for Baby Dior, often making miniatures of Elizabeth Taylor’s purchases for her daughter, Liza, which the pair would go out wearing together.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
For Asmae El Moudir in The Mother of All Lies, that meant using miniatures to coax out details of her family’s experiences during Morocco’s brutal Years of Lead.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
There are quite a few places for role-playing games across the five boroughs, but only at Twenty Sided in Williamsburg can D&D and Pathfinder enthusiasts learn to paint bespoke miniatures.
—The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 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.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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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.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
Noun
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The company builds coral-reef replicas to install in areas where reefs have been lost or are suffering.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
28 May 2026
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In a section that hammered home that this really is the end of an era, the hosts called on stage key figures of the last decade to carry out replicas of each of the major trophies won during the Guardiola decade.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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“Miniatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miniatures. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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