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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 video even featured snippets of the show, including a glimpse of the puppet Sebastian and Ursula the sea witch.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 19 May 2025
Or maybe watching these themes play out in robot stories makes our own mortality easier to contemplate — like play-therapy puppets, the bots hold the nightmare at arm’s length and abstract it.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The puppets imbued the play with a poetry of motion and an otherworldly sense of wonder.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
At various points in its history, the house also housed a puppet theater and a members-only nightclub called the Continental Casino.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 19 May 2025
Or maybe watching these themes play out in robot stories makes our own mortality easier to contemplate — like play-therapy puppets, the bots hold the nightmare at arm’s length and abstract it.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The puppets imbued the play with a poetry of motion and an otherworldly sense of wonder.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
At various points in its history, the house also housed a puppet theater and a members-only nightclub called the Continental Casino.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppet
Noun
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This year, Hasbro also released a new Jem doll to celebrate the series’ anniversary.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Is a demonic doll touring the U.S. to blame for the mishaps in Louisiana?—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Rick McConnell said that Jerry McConnell asked the employee at the pawn shop for directions to the Prairie Village shopping center.—
Bella Waters,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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In a subplot, Paul Baker and Samir visit a pawn shop to try to sell a gun Samir doesn’t want in the house, but Paul Baker struggles to talk to the owner, who seems progressive in his actions and beliefs, and completely retrograde in his language.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
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That in itself is a valuable tool for a defenseman: being able to skate the puck into the neutral zone and then make a clean first pass to get the offensive process started.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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Other tools, such as my own Swan Dive method can help as well.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Oswald’s realm and his penguins and his minions and his passion.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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His minions burst into federal office buildings, humiliating staffers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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