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as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
gave her a puppet with strings for a gift
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Recent Examples of puppet
Broad hands held out right in front of him, cut up in streetlight, making shadow puppets on the split cement and talking to nobody, all by himself, all the time.
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Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
The musical puppet show was the last presentation during the library’s Kids Summer Reading Program, Jung said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
My friend Sorelle, who grew up in Chicago and still lives there, remembers playing jump rope, roller skating and, on rainy days, making puppets out of clothes pins.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
The puppet style was play-tested at the Disneyland Resort as an Incredible Hulk figure.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
The musical puppet show was the last presentation during the library’s Kids Summer Reading Program, Jung said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
My friend Sorelle, who grew up in Chicago and still lives there, remembers playing jump rope, roller skating and, on rainy days, making puppets out of clothes pins.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
The puppet style was play-tested at the Disneyland Resort as an Incredible Hulk figure.
—Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppet
Noun
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The researchers looked at the responses of 69 pet dogs of varying breeds to a realistic animatronic cat doll.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Selves propagate in Oyeyemi’s fiction: as dolls, doppelgängers, a changeling with double pupils.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, all these mind games and chess moves mean pawns are caught in the middle.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
9 Aug. 2025
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Ellen is a smart, strategic thinker frustrated by her brothers’ desire to use her as a pawn in clan politics.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The divers concluded that without specialized marine salvage tools, like underwater arc cutting equipment that requires additional skills and training to operate, the likelihood of getting inside the ship was remote.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Movement sensors and other tools collect information on body positioning, and put that into the mix, and if someone uses a fitness wearable throughout the day, for example, Whoop, that information can go into the hopper, too.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Players are asked to recruit their friends to fight the minions of the titular evil entity, the Deceiver.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
9 June 2025
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This summer has already given ample evidence of how poorly Trump and his minions understand California.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
18 July 2025
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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