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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
In your series, Murderbot is basically a Ken doll with no genitals.
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ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
Economists said consumers in Southern California can count on steeper price increases on a range of products — dolls, chocolate,household appliances — in the coming months as the full effects of Trump tariffs take effect.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The mantelpiece is full of photographs of deceased relatives, but one in particular stands out: the body of a little girl, propped up on a sofa with a doll.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Nestled among them is Georgia, fast asleep with her arms tightly wrapped around her Chucky doll.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
Economists said consumers in Southern California can count on steeper price increases on a range of products — dolls, chocolate,household appliances — in the coming months as the full effects of Trump tariffs take effect.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The mantelpiece is full of photographs of deceased relatives, but one in particular stands out: the body of a little girl, propped up on a sofa with a doll.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Nestled among them is Georgia, fast asleep with her arms tightly wrapped around her Chucky doll.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doll
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Dutro specializes in fabricating equipment like hand trucks, carts and dollies, so a vehicular trailer in the hot overland adventure market is a natural extension of its talents.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Apr. 2025
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The soundless video shows a worker walking toward the black and white colored chopper that has its main rotor blade tied to a dolly.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 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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But don’t despair, my scarred and scarring lovelies.—
Matt Thompson,
Spin,
10 Sep. 2023
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Hoover’s attorneys, meanwhile, have claimed that decades behind bars have left him a changed man and that prosecutors have unfairly painted him as a puppet master to try to keep him locked up.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Puppet theatre and puppet animation have a lot in common.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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Wake up, babe—Zendaya just arrived at the 2025 Met Gala.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
5 May 2025
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The Mad Max: Fury Road and Nosferatu star, 35, initially went out for the leading role of Clark Kent/Kal-El, the Kryptonian strongman who crash lands on Earth as a babe and struggles ever since to reconcile his upbringing in small-town Kansas with his otherworldly heritage.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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Age before beauty To obtain an approximate age for a young crescent moon, simply add the number of hours or days that have elapsed from the time of new moon through the date and time of sunset at your location on a particular evening.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 May 2025
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Both are powerful spots of natural beauty and deep cultural significance, but for a less solemn outing, the little islet of Ojima sits neatly between the two.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2025
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Wildlife watchers can spot bobcats, foxes, otters, alligators, turtles and manatees, with more than 150 bird species flying among mangrove, cypress, palmetto and pine trees.—
Ruffin Prevost,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The Algerian Sahara is also home to several animals like the desert fox, wild sheep, jackal and gazelle.—
Angela Dansby,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens attending on their second wedding anniversary Lexie Moreland/Getty Images The cuties actually got married on May 6 and attended on the even of their second wedding anniversary.—
Charley Ross,
Glamour,
6 May 2025
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Listen to Booster and Yang talk about the difficulty of working alongside their cutie costars in the podcast episode above.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 May 2025
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His family thinks police didn’t do enough to help him From London to Sydney and Los Angeles to Philadelphia, tens of thousands of people marched in cities and small towns.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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Battles have continued along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, where tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed, and neither country has relented in its deep strikes.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doll. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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