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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
This beautiful stop-motion spectacle is a darker rendition than is typical of Pinocchio stories, putting the beloved puppet in a dangerous Italy with fascism on the rise and the very real terrors of the adult world all around him.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The puppet both catapults Sam’s career and puts his well-being in peril.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
As Deadline revealed last week, Studiocanal, producer of the Paddington movies, and Michael Bond’s estate have sued Avalon for copyright infringement after satirical puppet show Spitting Image depicted the famous Peruvian bear as a loco drug-taking podcaster.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
This dance party for toddlers and preschoolers is packed with silly puppets, cheerful songs, and endless smiles!
—Sarah Z. Sleeper, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The puppet both catapults Sam’s career and puts his well-being in peril.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
As Deadline revealed last week, Studiocanal, producer of the Paddington movies, and Michael Bond’s estate have sued Avalon for copyright infringement after satirical puppet show Spitting Image depicted the famous Peruvian bear as a loco drug-taking podcaster.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
This dance party for toddlers and preschoolers is packed with silly puppets, cheerful songs, and endless smiles!
—Sarah Z. Sleeper, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppet
Noun
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The naked baby angel boy character with whimsical headgear comes in different forms—from regular, mini dolls to the popular Hippers, which are designed to hang from your phone or laptop with a square of adhesive tape.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sailors in dress whites stood at attention like dolls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My values include the beliefs that all of our students should feel safe, respected, and valued in our schools, that decisions should be made on the best available evidence and data, that our kids are not political pawns, that inclusion creates opportunity, and that schools shouldn’t ban books.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Remember the big picture, people, and stop using taxpayers as pawns, or worse yet, collateral damage.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The innovation could pave the way for medical tools that move through the body’s arteries or inspection devices that crawl into complex machinery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Toys, even ones marketed as tools for the imagination, are never value neutral.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Others wore inflatable costumes, dressed as bumble bees, frogs, unicorns and a even minion.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Oct. 2025
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Cederquist is one of scores of bad cops included in the book, as is one of his minions in the Stoughton crew, a guy named Calvin Butner.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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