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

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Recent Examples of statuette Redford received his first Oscar nomination for the film, but came up short in his bid to win the Best Actor statuette. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 In addition to the nominees, a slew of celebrities will hand out the statuettes. Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025 As the rules go, the statue or statuette cannot be reproduced or used in any commercial manner unless permitted by the Academies. Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025 However, a third statuette can be hard to come by, especially when winning your third in supporting. Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for statuette
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Noun
  • The Louvre houses over 33,000 works spanning antiquities, sculpture, and painting — from Mesopotamian artifacts and Egyptian relics to masterpieces by European artists.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That extends from the light red bathroom tiles that mimic shiny, brick walls to an intertwining, metal branch sculpture canopy that greets visitors.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Incorporating elements of the female figure in abstraction, Miró originally envisioned this piece as a small, table top sized figurine and not the massive bronze sculpture it would be come, according to an article by Christie’s.
    Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Today’s iteration sees 100 or so stalls set up, selling nativity scene figurines and Christmas decorations.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The naked baby angel boy character with whimsical headgear comes in different forms—from regular, mini dolls to the popular Hippers, which are designed to hang from your phone or laptop with a square of adhesive tape.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sailors in dress whites stood at attention like dolls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As historian Kelly Lytle Hernández writes, one thing that stood in the way of this vision was the figure of the tramp.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Specifically, the analyst estimated a growth figure of around 10%.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Statuette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statuette. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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