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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
The biggest of these was Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio, where Ainsworth starred in the leading role as the voice of the eponymous puppet.
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Bathed in blue light, the puppet attempted to become a man.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Like much of his work, the sculptures evolved intuitively—from flat paper puppets to freestanding forms to these towering outdoor figures.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
These directives could be conveyed to AGI and ASI without anyone else knowing that the AI maker is pulling the puppet strings underlying AGI and ASI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Bathed in blue light, the puppet attempted to become a man.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Like much of his work, the sculptures evolved intuitively—from flat paper puppets to freestanding forms to these towering outdoor figures.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
These directives could be conveyed to AGI and ASI without anyone else knowing that the AI maker is pulling the puppet strings underlying AGI and ASI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppet
Noun
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Surrounded by photography books, four American Girl dolls regarded us from an alcove.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Mattel recently debuted a doll that is dressed in a playful blue polka-dot outfit, sporting a matching pastel purse and, most notably, wearing a continuous glucose monitor on her arm and an insulin pump clipped to her waist.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The suspect is also wanted in Massachusetts for allegedly stealing guns from a pawn shop in February 2025, Tisch said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
20 July 2025
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United Communities is pro-development but wanted deed restrictions to prevent the opening of liquor stores, pawn shops, and tattoo shops.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 July 2025
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That shortcoming, in his view, is that Moderna scaled its pipeline assuming mRNA technology would be the tool for all problems instead of a solution for some problems.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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In today’s landscape — where brand value is built or destroyed in real time — AI isn’t just another tool in the marketing toolkit.—
Brianne Dezzutti,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 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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Trump and his minions have gone so far as to limit the Associated Press’ access to the White House in a petulant tantrum because the AP, like the rest of the world, refuses to accept his silly renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.—
John A. Ragosta,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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