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Recent Examples of role-play
The children’s component will also allow for young people to connect with older relatives using multicultural hand puppets in role-play storytelling.
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, the streamer announced that the iconic toy companies will introduce a wide range of toys, collectibles, games, role-play products, and more for fans of all ages to bring the world of HUNTR/X into their own homes.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Each of the academy’s six weekly meetings prioritized group interactions, role-play, and continued learning.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Promova offers training in 12 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean and American Sign Language, with role-play chatbots, a dedicated mode for people with dyslexia and other accessibility options for neurodivergent learners.
—Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, the streamer announced that the iconic toy companies will introduce a wide range of toys, collectibles, games, role-play products, and more for fans of all ages to bring the world of HUNTR/X into their own homes.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Each of the academy’s six weekly meetings prioritized group interactions, role-play, and continued learning.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Promova offers training in 12 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean and American Sign Language, with role-play chatbots, a dedicated mode for people with dyslexia and other accessibility options for neurodivergent learners.
—Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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The city’s housing crisis began nearly a century ago during the Great Depression (more than 35 years before the Landmarks Law was even enacted), and has experienced a series of improvements and setbacks with the ebbs and flows of our developing and unpredictable economy.—
Michael S. Hiller,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The actors joked about how trying to put on medical gloves quickly enough while remembering and acting out dialogue can make scenes go sideways in a heartbeat.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Dec. 2025
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Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in June, Jimenez was watching as parishioners acted out the Nativity scene during a posada, a Latin American tradition that reenacts Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Dec. 2025
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Walking back to our site, Casper pantomimed catching a trout.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
7 Aug. 2025
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And Brunson kept up the energy through the show that followed, delivering some devastatingly personal compliment sandwiches during a leadership summit and frantically pantomiming elaborate insults while parked on a ferry.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
4 May 2025
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Her film is an honorable attempt to dramatize the everyday agonies and frustrations of Red Crescent workers, to honor their quick thinking and astonishing courage under duress.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Composed of pictograms, the Azcatitlán’s 25 folios feature a succession of Aztec rulers, and dramatize the arrival of Hernán Cortés and Christianity.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Today, Margaret would be playacting her own massacre in active shooter drills at school.—
Petula Dvorak,
Washington Post,
1 May 2023
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Trixie advises Alma to playact highness to flummox E.B.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2021
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One photo depicted two black matte alligator Hermès Birkins, which retail for around $100,000 resale.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
15 Jan. 2026
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The book's cover, which PEOPLE can exclusively reveal, features the iconic moment captured in Marilyn in White — but as a lenticular image, the photo actually shifts to depict the whimsical movement of Monroe's dress.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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The test represented a significant step forward in the development of this advanced missile system, according to the company.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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Romanucci was one of the attorneys who represented the family of George Floyd after he was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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The home bar took on a mid-century modern style, with forest green walls and coordinating barstools.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The scandal has subsequently taken on a life of its own thanks to a video by YouTuber Nick Shirley, which went viral.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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