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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
In addition to writing and directing the production, I’m also featured as a stage cameo playing Humpty Dumpty and providing the vocals for the puppet character of the menacing spider.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Laser tag, a puppet party and magic show are a few of the activities planned at the Ramona Community Library to keep kids, tweens and teens busy this summer.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
The novelty of seeing string puppet rockers spin and levitate, often tripping and tumbling in stride to the delight of the audience, never gets old.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Hoover’s attorneys, meanwhile, have claimed that decades behind bars have left him a changed man and that prosecutors have unfairly painted him as a puppet master to try to keep him locked up.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Laser tag, a puppet party and magic show are a few of the activities planned at the Ramona Community Library to keep kids, tweens and teens busy this summer.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
The novelty of seeing string puppet rockers spin and levitate, often tripping and tumbling in stride to the delight of the audience, never gets old.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Hoover’s attorneys, meanwhile, have claimed that decades behind bars have left him a changed man and that prosecutors have unfairly painted him as a puppet master to try to keep him locked up.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppet
Noun
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First introduced via a line of dolls in 2010, Monster High centers around a fictional high school attended by the teenage children of famous monsters.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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Immerse yourself in the Gentle Monster x Bratz world, complete with a massive, interactive Bratz doll object and Gentle Monster’s ultramodern 2025 Pocket Collection.—
Alia Yee Noll,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Immigrants and dissenters must not be used as pawns in the game of politics.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Danielle, poor damaged Danielle, couldn’t see she was being used as a pawn in Teresa’s ongoing game to retain control of the show.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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Ferd is barely a person as much of a tool of the plot, and neither is Izzy’s friend Rosalie.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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This contest offers Coach the chance to engage with emerging design talent while also promoting the use of digital product creation tools.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
13 June 2025
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Negan banished him and seized control of the Dama’s minions.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
8 June 2025
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Eve’s drive for revenge also is a problem for the Ruska Roma, as The Director long has enjoyed an agreement with The Chancellor that neither’s minions will interfere with the other’s.—
Mark Meszoros,
Boston Herald,
6 June 2025
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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