Definition of statuettenext
as in sculpture
a small statue won a gold-plated statuette as the prize

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Recent Examples of statuette After decades spent shaping modern movies without ever taking home a competitive Oscar, actor Glenn Close and director Ridley Scott will finally receive statuettes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this fall. Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026 The film won six statuettes in all, including Best Film Editing for Marcia Lucas, Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew, and Best Original Score for John Williams. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Discovery tales → An 8-year-old boy uncovered a 1,700-year-old Roman statuette fragment during a family trip. Staff, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026 Nor could it have been imagined that Demi Moore would finally be nominated for the statuette for a film like The Substance, which was backed by the production and distribution company Mubi, just as Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is now. Juan Claudio Matossian, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for statuette
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Noun
  • The flip side • Thank you to Sanford for the lovely bronze sculpture by their library depicting a whimsical scene of children on a bridge of books symbolizing the bridge to education and learning.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • The sculpture depicts the cowboy leaning against a tree, a lasso in hand, and a somber or tired expression on his face.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • But so can characters pushing the knickknack/plaything boundary, like porcelain figurines and piggy banks.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • Sandplay therapy involves a therapist observing and interpreting how a child plays with a tray of sand, water and figurines within the tray.
    Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 25 June 2026
  • Mattel Creations On Wednesday, eight months after the licensing agreement with Netflix was struck, Mattel announced the pending releases of the first dolls in the toymaker’s KPop Demon Hunters line.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The outlet reported that senior Labour Party figures expect a statement addressing his future as early as next week.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
  • In a wide-ranging talk, the pair looked at their early foray into clay figures with children’s TV character Morph, which put the company the map, as well as their experimentation with animation for adults with their dark 1986 short Babylon.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 June 2026

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“Statuette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statuette. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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