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as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
gave her a puppet with strings for a gift
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Recent Examples of puppet
In addition to writing and directing the production, I’m also featured as a stage cameo playing Humpty Dumpty and providing the vocals for the puppet character of the menacing spider.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Laser tag, a puppet party and magic show are a few of the activities planned at the Ramona Community Library to keep kids, tweens and teens busy this summer.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
The novelty of seeing string puppet rockers spin and levitate, often tripping and tumbling in stride to the delight of the audience, never gets old.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Hoover’s attorneys, meanwhile, have claimed that decades behind bars have left him a changed man and that prosecutors have unfairly painted him as a puppet master to try to keep him locked up.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Laser tag, a puppet party and magic show are a few of the activities planned at the Ramona Community Library to keep kids, tweens and teens busy this summer.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
The novelty of seeing string puppet rockers spin and levitate, often tripping and tumbling in stride to the delight of the audience, never gets old.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Hoover’s attorneys, meanwhile, have claimed that decades behind bars have left him a changed man and that prosecutors have unfairly painted him as a puppet master to try to keep him locked up.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppet
Noun
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Immerse yourself in the Gentle Monster x Bratz world, complete with a massive, interactive Bratz doll object and Gentle Monster’s ultramodern 2025 Pocket Collection.—
Alia Yee Noll,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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First introduced via a line of dolls in 2010, Monster High centers around a fictional high school attended by the teenage children of famous monsters.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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Rick McConnell said that Jerry McConnell asked the employee at the pawn shop for directions to the Prairie Village shopping center.—
Bella Waters,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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In a subplot, Paul Baker and Samir visit a pawn shop to try to sell a gun Samir doesn’t want in the house, but Paul Baker struggles to talk to the owner, who seems progressive in his actions and beliefs, and completely retrograde in his language.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
Noun
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On the other side are anti-AI zealots, contributing an oversized backlash over anyone who uses AI tools in their work.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
13 June 2025
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By using his platform to center healing and hope, Keith is demonstrating how hip-hop—so often seen as a force for expression—can also be a powerful tool in the fight against cancer.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Oswald’s realm and his penguins and his minions and his passion.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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His minions burst into federal office buildings, humiliating staffers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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