variants
or life-sized
: of natural size : of the size of the original
a life-size statue
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Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine life whose paintings, books and museum installations — especially the life-size blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History in New York — revealed the beauty and wonders of the ocean, died on May 21 in Norwood, N.J.
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Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Families come back every summer to play life-size checkers and chess, construct birdhouses, and fish in the lakes for cutthroat trout.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
The duo’s use of experimental techniques, such as life-size stop-motion and stretching narrative structures to breaking point, puts them between three worlds: that of film, animation, and contemporary art.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 20 May 2024
This bonanza of a brick fest offers life-size models, hands-on attractions and shopping opportunities for hard-to-find LEGO merchandise.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
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Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Families come back every summer to play life-size checkers and chess, construct birdhouses, and fish in the lakes for cutthroat trout.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
The duo’s use of experimental techniques, such as life-size stop-motion and stretching narrative structures to breaking point, puts them between three worlds: that of film, animation, and contemporary art.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 20 May 2024
This bonanza of a brick fest offers life-size models, hands-on attractions and shopping opportunities for hard-to-find LEGO merchandise.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
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“Life-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-size. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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