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as in dolly
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 kitchen table was stacked with Labubu dolls.
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Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
And to avoid the appearance of simple wooden dolls as characters, Lavis and Szczerbowski had the heads of their puppets designed to look like old wood with multilayered oil painting that in reality are silicon molds placed on white plastic.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
But sales are well off their peak seen around a decade ago, as the toymaker struggles to keep its dolls relevant in the digital era.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
The tradition was brought to Pernambuco by a Belgian priest, who inspired a young man in the city of Belem do São Francisco, who told of how the larger-than-life-sized dolls were used in festivals across Europe.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
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Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
And to avoid the appearance of simple wooden dolls as characters, Lavis and Szczerbowski had the heads of their puppets designed to look like old wood with multilayered oil painting that in reality are silicon molds placed on white plastic.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
But sales are well off their peak seen around a decade ago, as the toymaker struggles to keep its dolls relevant in the digital era.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
The tradition was brought to Pernambuco by a Belgian priest, who inspired a young man in the city of Belem do São Francisco, who told of how the larger-than-life-sized dolls were used in festivals across Europe.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doll
Noun
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He is seen on video surveillance wheeling the stove down the hall on a dolly, prosecutors said.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The most audacious element was a free-hanging cable dolly system that carried a camera operator nearly the full height of Taipei 101.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
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Maxwell made Giuffre and the former prince pose with the puppet, Giuffre wrote, positioning one of its hands on Giuffre's breast.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, people both inside and outside the union have labeled Meyer as a puppet of powerful agent Scott Boras, a charge both Boras and Meyer have vigorously denied.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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No overly confident and underskilled med students are doing procedures on me, babe.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Another Baywatch babe was all smiles in the legendary red swimsuit!—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The mountain is incredibly hypnotic when catching the pearly hues of the first and last light of day and distils the unearthly beauty of the Himalayas into one gorgeous frame.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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Her designs are guided by the Navajo concept of hózhó — a philosophy of harmony, balance, beauty, and peace.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Watch for wildlife, too—though many animals hibernate, foxes and bobcats remain active all winter.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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What's more, the European Commission is planning to announce a decision on banning the holding and killing of mink, foxes, raccoon, dogs and chinchilla, and marketing of fur products from those animals, according to its website.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Channel the curly-haired cutie and her eccentric fashion with mixed colors and prints.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Where better to find a literary cutie than at a bookstore singles event?—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The full effects of DOGE cuts to tens of thousands of federal contracts and agreements may never be fully known, experts say, and controversy lingers.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of people were killed and tens of thousands are believed to have been arrested.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doll. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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