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Recent Examples of playboy
Dani's on-again, off-again relationship with playboy photographer Andre — who's also her sister's ex's nephew — has become more ambiguous than ever in recent weeks.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Receiving a cut of every Cadillac sold in California, Tommy lived a playboy life, speeding cars, dating starlets, and competing in drag races along the dry desert lake beds of the Mojave Desert, hurtling across the sand in goggles at over 100 miles per hour.
—Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
Marty Supreme stars Timothée Chalamet as a cocky playboy ping-pong player, and that’s not even the most interesting part.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Though long celebrated as one of our most versatile screen stars, four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe might not seem like the obvious choice to portray a swaggering, playboy billionaire modeled on Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Receiving a cut of every Cadillac sold in California, Tommy lived a playboy life, speeding cars, dating starlets, and competing in drag races along the dry desert lake beds of the Mojave Desert, hurtling across the sand in goggles at over 100 miles per hour.
—Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
Marty Supreme stars Timothée Chalamet as a cocky playboy ping-pong player, and that’s not even the most interesting part.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Though long celebrated as one of our most versatile screen stars, four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe might not seem like the obvious choice to portray a swaggering, playboy billionaire modeled on Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playboy
Noun
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The protagonist of A Love Story is a lover boy, a libertine, a gossip, a flirt.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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The libertines will begin the film in suits.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Scrape, shovel, rake was the theme for the day for homes across Massachusetts as residents, plow drivers and landscapers worked feverishly to remove snow off rooftops, steps and driveways.—
Paul Burton,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Just sprinkle them around the base of your plants and scratch them into the soil with a hand rake or your fingers.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Playboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playboy. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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