as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
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Recent Examples of dolly
Most carts, dollies, and internal transport tools are discarded simply because a single part failed or the workflow changed.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Local garden designer Dabney Peeples helped with the planters, which are on dollies so they can be moved around to facilitate varying layouts.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
Usually on a tripod or a dolly.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
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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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Local garden designer Dabney Peeples helped with the planters, which are on dollies so they can be moved around to facilitate varying layouts.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
Usually on a tripod or a dolly.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolly
doll
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Up next, Johnstone will direct the live-action Monster High movie, based on Mattel’s doll line, for the company, as well as Universal Pictures and Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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The group’s notebooks read like fragments of fairy tales or magical realism—years of stories within stories within stories, like Russian nesting dolls.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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