playmaker
noun
play·mak·er
ˈplā-ˌmā-kər 
: a player who leads the offense for a team (as in basketball or hockey)
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No player better embodies those fluctuations than Brunson, who has fluctuated between lead star and co-star — between elite scorer and selfless playmaker.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
To a team that was felt to have a soft centre, Guardiola added a ball-playing goalkeeper (Ederson), three full-backs (Kyle Walker, Danilo and Benjamin Mendy) and another small playmaker (Bernardo Silva).
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
The high-profile trial drew intense media coverage as AI playmakers and reporters awaited to see how the results would reshape the fast-expanding industry.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026
Eventually, chief playmaker Pauline Bourdon Sansus, the only survivor of France's last win over England in 2018 — also England's last defeat in the championship — came off but her scrumhalf replacement, Alexandra Chambon, was sin-binned.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
To a team that was felt to have a soft centre, Guardiola added a ball-playing goalkeeper (Ederson), three full-backs (Kyle Walker, Danilo and Benjamin Mendy) and another small playmaker (Bernardo Silva).
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
The high-profile trial drew intense media coverage as AI playmakers and reporters awaited to see how the results would reshape the fast-expanding industry.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026
Eventually, chief playmaker Pauline Bourdon Sansus, the only survivor of France's last win over England in 2018 — also England's last defeat in the championship — came off but her scrumhalf replacement, Alexandra Chambon, was sin-binned.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
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“Playmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playmaker. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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