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

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Recent Examples of statuette Zoe Saldana also nabbed her coveted first nod for Netflix’s Emilia Perez, and at the time of writing this post, she’s just taken home the Best Supporting Actress statuette. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Mar. 2025 The film garnered 10 Oscar nominations, with Brody taking home the Best Actor statuette, along with awards for cinematography and original score. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 To date, only two stunt performers have been awarded Oscar statuettes, both honorary awards: Yakima Canutt, in 1966, and Hal Needham, in 2012. Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025 The regular size minis were battle ready to use with standard mini setups, while the color statuette was a larger example that seems perfect for display on a desk or the shelf that holds D&D books. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for statuette
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Noun
  • The event featured an elaborate ice sculpture and custom mug sets emblazoned with Bovo’s personal logo.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • The exhibition features a new body of work Sutherland created from 2024 to 2025, including large-scale abstract paintings, collage that weaves together drawings, photographs, stickers and found images, and sculpture.
    Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Pictures show multiple figurines with human face shapes, along with scattered artifacts, including jugs and pottery fragments.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
  • Two of the bone figurines were also found in these burials.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • This year, Hasbro also released a new Jem doll to celebrate the series’ anniversary.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • Is a demonic doll touring the U.S. to blame for the mishaps in Louisiana?
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • That figure might overstate the program’s effectiveness—arrivals from many other countries went down in that same time frame.
    Jack Herrera, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
  • That figure topped 32% the year after COVID shuttered schools and has barely inched down since — remaining above 31% in the 2023-34 school year, the latest year for which data is available, an analysis by the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel shows.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025

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