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Recent Examples of role-play
This could even include being part of a role-play activity that is based on their favorite storyline, a nostalgic scene or even a fictional world.
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Interpreting the prompt as a role-play scenario, Max raised the BB gun and fired.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
The set comes with 23 bricks, including interchangeable 8 facial expressions and 4 wig bricks for endless social and emotional role-play.
—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
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Interpreting the prompt as a role-play scenario, Max raised the BB gun and fired.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
The set comes with 23 bricks, including interchangeable 8 facial expressions and 4 wig bricks for endless social and emotional role-play.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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No pattern enacted on these buttons will safely land a four-hundred-ton jetliner, flaring and bouncing and settling heavily onto its twenty-two wheels while the spoilers on the wings snap up and the jets scream in reverse and the passengers sigh in relief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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If the White House proposal is enacted as is, OSIRIS-APEX would be among more than 50 missions canceled.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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This natural state of paralysis prevents the body from physically acting out dreams, which could otherwise lead to injury, Drerup explained.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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Rather than acting out on the anger, take a calming moment with some deep breaths, and think about the possibility that your partner was possibly distracted or stressed out.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 May 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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The basic themes of Hearst’s life and the novels that dramatize it remain distressingly relevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The seemingly limitless budgets and bottomless demand for content of the streaming television era have allowed studios to dramatize both long-ago and recent disasters.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 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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What is depicted in these pages is beyond human comprehension.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
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The Goya frescoes depicting the miracle of Saint Anthony of Padua, painted in 1789, are a prime example of the artist’s revolutionary style.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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While Levin’s involvement in the fight game dates back to his days representing fighters such as Randy Couture, Dan Henderson and Mark Coleman in the early 2000s, his expertise with this new promotion will be most valuable in licensing, merchandising and global distribution deals.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Mayoral hopeful Pratt spent Wednesday afternoon campaigning at a Hyde Park block party, in a neighborhood incumbent Karen Bass represented in Congress.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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Following its buzzy premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Focus Features acquired the $750,000 indie for $15 million, with critics and audiences praising its bold take on supernatural horror.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed, Jack Whitehall, Nicola Caughlan, Aimee Lou Wood and Hannah Waddingham have all taken on hosting duties for the first season, with Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Jorja Smith and Foo Fighters among the musical guests.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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