hide-and-seek
noun
: a children's game in which one player does not look while others hide and then goes to find them
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Retailers who continue playing hide-and-seek with their tech stacks risk losing advertiser interest, as advertisers take their budgets to partners willing to have honest conversations about how their platforms actually work.
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Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Training sessions, scent work, trick-learning exercises, treasure hunts, hide-and-seek, and tug-of-war also provide effective mental and physical stimulation.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
After a fun game of hide-and-seek, Clay put his head on his big sister’s shoulder.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 July 2025
Beyond that classic first line, multiple variations of the hide-and-seek song exist, each with different lyrics and sometimes even different melodies.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Training sessions, scent work, trick-learning exercises, treasure hunts, hide-and-seek, and tug-of-war also provide effective mental and physical stimulation.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
After a fun game of hide-and-seek, Clay put his head on his big sister’s shoulder.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 July 2025
Beyond that classic first line, multiple variations of the hide-and-seek song exist, each with different lyrics and sometimes even different melodies.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hide-and-seek
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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