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a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
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Recent Examples of doll
The merch table was selling posters from the 2024 Barbie concert tour for $20, and the cheapest Barbie dolls being sold for $25 were gone after just a few hours.
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
The doll was designed by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung around 10 years ago, according to Business Insider.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Three-year-old Agatha Acker, in a cute gingham outfit and gas mask, brought along her doll, Betty Lou, also tricked out in a pretty dress, and a gas mask.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
This tumbler’s design pays homage to the original Barbie doll, manufactured in 1959 and wearing a black-and-white vintage chevron swimsuit.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
The doll was designed by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung around 10 years ago, according to Business Insider.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Three-year-old Agatha Acker, in a cute gingham outfit and gas mask, brought along her doll, Betty Lou, also tricked out in a pretty dress, and a gas mask.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
This tumbler’s design pays homage to the original Barbie doll, manufactured in 1959 and wearing a black-and-white vintage chevron swimsuit.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doll
Noun
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The 750-ton building was placed onto 20 dollies and moved onto city property where it was ultimately restored and opened as a museum and events venue.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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The jet’s tail end was lifted onto a large dolly, which was then towed via long tethers by two vehicles driving side by side.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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Ortiz landed the role after a chemistry read with Gosling in Los Angeles, in which he was given a puppet to work with.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Claims of puppet-master plots provide easy explanations for why complicated things are happening.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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No overly confident and underskilled med students are doing procedures on me, babe.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Another Baywatch babe was all smiles in the legendary red swimsuit!—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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There is one particularly inventive sequence that blends a rendering of Mario in his original 2D 8-bit form, blurry pixels and all, with the 3D beauty of the more modern iterations.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Amal Clooney, queen of classic beauty and glamour, has decided to test it out.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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He’s scolded by fox and hawk for being out in the rain, but Bear shares his berries with Marvin, who gets a ride home on the back of Deer.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Another thing that stood out was the fox at the end.—
William Earl,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
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I'mPhaedra Trethan, presenting for your National Puppy Day pleasure these sleeping cuties.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Chase scenes through the jungle and an FBI raid on a clinic providing treatment to the poor are united by the series’s overarching alignment with David against big pharma’s Goliath, an identity that feels as essential to the show as cutie creatures like Marshall’s tortoise Socrates.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Some of these trades were so large, Khouw said, that whoever placed them would have needed tens of millions of dollars in margin reserves, indicating a considerable level of financial sophistication and wealth.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sea drones, produced for around $300,000 apiece, have destroyed warships that cost tens of millions of dollars.—
Holly Williams,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doll. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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