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Recent Examples of role-play
The writing appears to be a reference to a meme about the online furry subculture and online role-play, said Jamie Cohen, an assistant professor of media studies at Queens College who researches memes.
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Based on the iconic role-playing game, the series looked particularly epic and boasted top-notch writers.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 1 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
Over the past year, the district reversed course, rolling out Google’s Gemini chatbot to high-school classrooms where teachers are now using it to role-play historical figures and provide students with tutoring and instant feedback on assignments.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2025
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Based on the iconic role-playing game, the series looked particularly epic and boasted top-notch writers.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 1 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
Over the past year, the district reversed course, rolling out Google’s Gemini chatbot to high-school classrooms where teachers are now using it to role-play historical figures and provide students with tutoring and instant feedback on assignments.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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Larson argued the amendment would limit the state's ability to enact more restrictive gun laws in the future.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement That tracks with Robeson’s experience, which suggests that, even if enacted, such a provision might not achieve its goal.—
Time,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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In order to break free of those constraints, Hedda acts out and becomes an architect of destruction.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Kinahans seemed to be acting out of pure rage.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 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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Panahi followed suit with his first feature-length film, The White Balloon, using a pair of siblings trying to find a goldfish for their Nowruz, or New Year, celebration to dramatize economic hardship.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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The project engaged Collective Artists Network’s Galleri5 studio, where creative teams used AI technology to construct the epic’s world and dramatize its legendary conflicts and ethical questions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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Xander highlights one of the most fascinating intricacies of Florida culture and depicts how environmentalism, adventure and eccentric personalities all combine to do good for the state’s wildlife population.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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The intention at least seems to be to depict a woman with breasts engorged with breastmilk.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
23 Oct. 2025
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An atypical role for a presidential foundation At the least, the developments represent an unusually tense application of the foundation’s typical mission, which is to buttress Reagan’s legacy.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bennett Lawson, who represents the 44th Ward, told CBS Chicago that tear gas was set off when neighbors protested federal agents pulling a construction worker from a home in Lakeview.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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This chess set is an elevated take on a classic game.—
Jaclyn Kaufman
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FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The set of Guillermo del Toro's take on Frankenstein might not seem like the place for jokes, but star Oscar Isaac definitely heard them on the director's set — all in the name of his performance.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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