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Recent Examples of role-play
The set comes with 23 bricks, including interchangeable 8 facial expressions and 4 wig bricks for endless social and emotional role-play.
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Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025
But what your average gooner is up to is basically a kind of sad, confusing role-play.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Bengtsen 1 hour 35 minutes Lo began her inquiry with mistress dispeller Wang Zhenxi, who brings a fascinating mix of insight, compassion and role-play to her work.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The children’s component will also allow for young people to connect with older relatives using multicultural hand puppets in role-play storytelling.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
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Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025
But what your average gooner is up to is basically a kind of sad, confusing role-play.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Bengtsen 1 hour 35 minutes Lo began her inquiry with mistress dispeller Wang Zhenxi, who brings a fascinating mix of insight, compassion and role-play to her work.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The children’s component will also allow for young people to connect with older relatives using multicultural hand puppets in role-play storytelling.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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The House passed a bipartisan housing bill that would enact new policies to boost housing supply and ease the affordability crisis plaguing the nation.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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It was initially enacted in Germany and Austria and then spread to 11 other countries.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
8 Feb. 2026
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The plaintiffs claim the administration is acting out of racial animus.—
Miami Herald Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Read on to find out why your child may be acting out, and when to seek help.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
5 Feb. 2026
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Walking back to our site, Casper pantomimed catching a trout.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
7 Aug. 2025
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And Brunson kept up the energy through the show that followed, delivering some devastatingly personal compliment sandwiches during a leadership summit and frantically pantomiming elaborate insults while parked on a ferry.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
4 May 2025
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If the stakes in Olivia Ferney‘s social media videos aren’t high enough for you, Fifth Season is set to dramatize the ultra-luxury travel concierge’s fancy — and stressful — life, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Feb. 2026
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The script stemmed from the desire to dramatize some situations and also the desire to shoot those scenes.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Today, Margaret would be playacting her own massacre in active shooter drills at school.—
Petula Dvorak,
Washington Post,
1 May 2023
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Trixie advises Alma to playact highness to flummox E.B.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2021
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The incident occurred just hours before dozens of flyers depicting former Prince Andrew were briefly scattered around the village of Dedham ahead of the royal visit, The Times reported.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Our family photographs depicted us in beauty, power and wholeness, rejecting every image that attempted to relegate us to a stereotype.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The project represents more than $10 billion in spending on data center infrastructure and related community development.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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The restaurateur envisioned a boilerplate abuelita’s house, which could represent Bad Bunny’s, or his, or anyone’s.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Columbia takes on Princeton after Kenny Noland scored 22 points in Columbia's 76-67 loss to the Pennsylvania Quakers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The quarter zip took on a life of its own in September, when Restricted, a Miami luxury reseller that primarily stocks Chrome Hearts and accepts cryptocurrency as payment, claimed to be selling the genuine article.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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