as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
a collection of action figures of his favorite superheroes
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Recent Examples of action figure
But yeah, this footage exists of our players treating everyone on stage like action figures, moving them in front the green screen and telling them to do X, Y, Z.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
Entertainment Weekly is proud to exclusively reveal the first-ever standalone Nog action figure, created by The Nacelle Company, in advance of its official debut.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
At Comic-Con, some of the more expensive item on sale can be action figures or original editions of comic books.
—Michelle Guerrero, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
Hogan was on prime-time talk shows, Saturday morning cartoons, on the cover of cereal boxes, featured at toy stores with his action figures.
—Marc Raimondi
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
Entertainment Weekly is proud to exclusively reveal the first-ever standalone Nog action figure, created by The Nacelle Company, in advance of its official debut.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
At Comic-Con, some of the more expensive item on sale can be action figures or original editions of comic books.
—Michelle Guerrero, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
Hogan was on prime-time talk shows, Saturday morning cartoons, on the cover of cereal boxes, featured at toy stores with his action figures.
—Marc Raimondi
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for action figure
Noun
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Labubu is a doll that resembles a monster, featuring a large head, sharp teeth and prominent eyes.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Annabelle has been in so many movies now, to the point of being overused (the real doll has even been suspected of paranormal activity recently).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In one of our conversations, Apatow brought up the episode in which one of the geeks of Freaks and Geeks, Neal Schweiber (played by Samm Levine), confronts his philandering father by telling hostile jokes about him through a ventriloquist puppet.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Presented in a circular theater, it combined puppets, screens and an acrobatic performer hanging from above, its innovative format is even more advanced than the one used in the new Little Mermaid show at Disney World in Orlando.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Action figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/action%20figure. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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