Russian doll
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
"If the bill doesn't help reveal who the real people are behind that company, we will still not have unpacked the Russian doll".
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022
Ms. Selldorf’s 43,000 square foot, $75 million expansion is the museum’s fourth and largest, each addition gobbling up the last like a Russian doll.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018
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