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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playlets
Noun
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Jean-Baptiste, who trained as a cellist, arranges his songs—some of which are barely over a minute long—like a chamber cycle punctuated with interludes.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2026 -
Where Beyoncé added poetic interludes between songs, in Songs from the Hole, the audience learns about Jacobs' story and how his music spiritually liberates him while simultaneously being among the reasons officials cited for not granting him parole.—
Kara Frame,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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Along with Law & Order, NBC has yet to decide the futures for dramas The Hunting Party and Brilliant Minds — though the latter was pulled from the schedule and will wrap up in the summer — and first-year comedies Stumble and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Are there any like dramatizations of his life that exist in TV or film?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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Nestled between Yo’s recollections of childhood and early adulthood are establishing shots and dramatizations that, at first, can be hard to decipher as having been shot in real spaces or in Fitch’s meticulous 1/3rd scale models.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Along with Law & Order, NBC has yet to decide the futures for dramas The Hunting Party and Brilliant Minds — though the latter was pulled from the schedule and will wrap up in the summer — and first-year comedies Stumble and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Colin's starred in comedies like The House Bunny and Orange County with Jack Black.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Because San Diego is one of the biggest creators of new plays and musicals in the United States, the new musical and play categories were the highlights of the evening.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Playlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playlets. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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