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 Daniel Blumberg took home a Best Original Score statuette for his work on Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026 During the bicentennial, the state also created statuettes of the Independent Man as keepsakes. Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 19 Jan. 2026 The 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards took place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and saw One Battle After Another, Hamnet, The Pitt, Adolescence and The Studio all walk away with multiple statuettes. Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 Accepting her best-actress-in-a-drama statuette, the Irish actor looked incredibly moved. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for statuette
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Noun
  • For the entire 15-minute show, they’ve been contorted into pieces of furniture Lawson fabricated, pieces befitting something between an asylum and BDSM dungeon, and reminiscent of Allen Jones’s 1960s Pop sculpture series, which depicts fiberglass women in fetishware as home objects.
    Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Here, chef Tiago Valente offers menus that might include Maronesa beef served alongside truffled potatoes, scarlet prawns with rice and seaweed, or an elevated caldeirada, or fish stew, all with a view of the museum’s sculpture garden.
    Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Fancy Glass Thrift stores are a great place to look for blown-glass figurines, like fall pumpkins, that can sometimes be overpriced in your go-to gift shop.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Atop a marble fireplace were a medley of ceramic bird figurines, including a large chicken and a scarlet macaw.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Up next, Johnstone will direct the live-action Monster High movie, based on Mattel’s doll line, for the company, as well as Universal Pictures and Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The group’s notebooks read like fragments of fairy tales or magical realism—years of stories within stories within stories, like Russian nesting dolls.
    Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
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  • There were also special appearances by notable Latino and Latina figures such as Toñita, the owner of Caribbean Social Club in New York.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Until crude vulgarians like Miller came along, no prominent American political figure would claim on our behalf a right to use our power for purely selfish ends, at the expense of other democratic states and foreign peoples.
    Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026

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“Statuette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statuette. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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