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Russian doll

British  

noun

  1. Also called: matryoshka.   matrioshka.  any of a set of hollow wooden figures, each of which splits in half to contain the next smallest figure, down to the smallest

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Showcasing an all-star cast that features Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley and Richard Oyoade, it’s a whimsical, obsessively designed miniature epic with a Russian doll structure.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2024

“He’s like a weighted Russian doll; he gets knocked over and he just rolls back upright again,” Mr. Tesch said.

From New York Times Jun. 10, 2023

According to Kelly Goldsmith, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Marketing at Vanderbilt University, McDonald's and Cactus Plant Flea Market essentially created collector bait through their "veritable Russian doll of scarcity marketing tactics."

From Salon Oct. 22, 2022

It’s like a Russian doll... but for video games.

From The Verge Jun. 8, 2022

"It makes me tired just remembering how difficult it was to write. The fun of it is that it is like a Russian doll," he says.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2020

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