play (upon)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for play (upon)
Verb
  • The cycle from discovery to exploit used to be measured in weeks, even months.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Achane exploited both players at different times, and became a problem the Patriots never solved.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In this approach, quantum information is encoded in various properties of photons, and computation is performed by manipulating these photonic states using optical components.
    Gil Press, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Play (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/play%20%28upon%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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