as in tiny
very small in size
a dollhouse with miniature furnishings
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as in reproduction
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 miniature
Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Guests can experience up-close encounters with PJ the rhino, feed giraffes, meet petting zoo animals or ride a miniature train.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The climax of this biopic in miniature, of course, is the crash, which, like Sully, dramatizes the cockpit transcript from the real-life event with word-for-word detail.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 May 2025
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Adjective
Entree, choose one: chicken fingers with fries, mac 'n' cheese, two miniature cheeseburgers with fries, scrambled eggs with cheese served with bacon, French toast served with bacon.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Guests can experience up-close encounters with PJ the rhino, feed giraffes, meet petting zoo animals or ride a miniature train.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Noun
With that being said, my personal favorite is the mystery room, featuring a spooky haunted house miniature display, as well as a crime solving display above the shelves.
—American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The climax of this biopic in miniature, of course, is the crash, which, like Sully, dramatizes the cockpit transcript from the real-life event with word-for-word detail.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miniature
Adjective
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One nautical mile west of Santorini, opposite the village of Oia and the caldera, lies the tiny island of Therasia, accessible via boat departing from Ammoudi Bay.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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The film community of Vancouver Island is tiny compared to the City of Vancouver’s Hollywood North hub.—
Jennie Punter,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Ross noted that the exhibit includes murals with life-size reproductions of figures that were originally painted smaller.—
Kelly Haramis,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The 13-inch OLED touch screen is stunning, with fantastic color reproduction and crisp visuals.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Rivera was even more unyielding than Tolle, posting a minuscule 0.96 ERA over 18.2 innings with his only runs allowed being a pair of solo homers.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
4 July 2025
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There is a minuscule chance the Browns would consider heading into the regular season with five total quarterbacks on their roster.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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One of Tim Harmon’s proudest achievements, his son Avi Harmon said, was the creation of the Statue of Liberty Museum, home to more than 600 replicas of Lady Liberty in all sizes.—
Samanta Habashy,
IndyStar,
3 July 2025
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There are replicas of her most beloved pots and utensils, handwritten and typed letters, and other ephemera.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Megan Stalter’s challenge here is to come off more like herself and less like an imitation of Dunham, to resist the impulse to do Hannah Horvath in London.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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The challenge is compounded by the fact that many jurisdictions have weak enforcement mechanisms for intellectual property violations, lengthy legal processes that favor defendants and cultural attitudes that view imitation as legitimate competition rather than theft.—
Mohaimina Haque,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The Double Shot made our reviewer's hair nice and smooth while giving it volume, and managed to give less frizz than other models.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
Wired News,
9 July 2025
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So creating models that are predictive of real-world systems, to me, was just an incredibly fascinating endeavor.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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“Miniature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miniature. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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