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a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
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Recent Examples of doll
The young customer who described how one of their family’s creepy dolls comforted her in the hospital after surgery.
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Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Mattel — The Barbie doll maker fell 5% on disappointing third-quarter results.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Okay, that sounded weird—but Carter’s sells a handful of their adorable holiday nightgowns for little girls with a matching version for their tiny doll BFFs.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
On the mansion's second floor, two wooden dolls on display could give you the creeps.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
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Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Mattel — The Barbie doll maker fell 5% on disappointing third-quarter results.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Okay, that sounded weird—but Carter’s sells a handful of their adorable holiday nightgowns for little girls with a matching version for their tiny doll BFFs.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
On the mansion's second floor, two wooden dolls on display could give you the creeps.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doll
Noun
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Then the chandelier behind was real explosions, the camera team moving the dolly in sequence with Alex [Lawther] acting in the foreground of the whole thing going off in what was essentially one or two seconds.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Crowds formed behind barricades; cameras mounted on dollies glided above fashion insiders, who flitted around like exotic fish in a gilded aquarium.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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So was a chapter in the original Pinocchio in which the newly sentient puppet falls asleep with his feet on the stove and burns them off.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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How was using the puppet on set with the actors?—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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White children and white babes in arms were there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Their split spurs Alex’s unconventional midlife crisis, one without fancy muscle cars or a hot young babe on the arm.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
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Brought over from the lowlands of Eastern Asia, oriental bittersweet was primarily admired for its beauty.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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The beauty mogul and mom of two shared the sad news on Instagram with an emotional tribute to the dog, complete with a carousel of photos of Norman through the years.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One New York Times story from 1937 described the popular costumes as paper-based — King Winter and ghosts for adults; ducks, squirrels, and foxes for kids.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, local wildlife such as coyotes, foxes, dog and alligators often prey on cats.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gift this felted cutie to your friend who recently made a move to the Big Apple for their first Christmas away from home.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez are back as the international cuties Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Fans at home got an eyeful as muscleman Mike Munz, vocal duo Crash Adams, acrobatic pair The TT Boys, dance act The Funkateers Dancers, singing ensemble The Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir, and others got down to business.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Get an eyeful of Davidson on The Tonight Show in the interview above.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doll. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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