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

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Recent Examples of statuette At the 2016 Tony Awards, the show collected 11 statuettes including Best Musical. Sharareh Drury, People.com, 9 June 2025 The gift of the statuette was to mark Matilda's 18th birthday. Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025 Each of these honors now comes in the form of an Oscar statuette. Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025 All four Oscar statuettes will be presented at the 16th annual Governors Awards, taking place Nov. 16 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood. Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for statuette
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Noun
  • White’s Madison Square Garden, topped in 1891 with a Saint-Gaudens sculpture, was the tallest building in a modernizing Manhattan.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • The indoor-outdoor restaurant has several noteworthy design touches, including fish sculptures made from reclaimed fishing lines, and an all-electric kitchen.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Radiocarbon dating methods were used to determine the age of the material used to craft these figurines, with results at the time suggesting the driftwood was more than 35,000 years old.
    Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025
  • Much like her life, Hansford's office is a juxtaposition of dog figurines and case files sprawled over the desk and onto the floor.
    Lillian Metzmeier, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Surrounded by photography books, four American Girl dolls regarded us from an alcove.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • This time, however, the doll is unnesting nearly three years after launch.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The 2025 figure is a 7% increase from last year and the highest tally since 2021, when Indianapolis reported a 15-year high of 1,928 people experiencing homelessness.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
  • If nothing else, the two years of Netflix figures reveal the power of its franchises.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 July 2025

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“Statuette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statuette. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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