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Recent Examples of role-play
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.
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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
One of the absolute best role-playing games of recent years, Metaphor: ReFantazio is the latest game from Atlus, creators of the legendary Persona series, and was helmed by director Katsura Hashino.
—PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Wizards of the Coast, the home of Dungeons & Dragons, is planning to release a new version of the table-top role-playing game called Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club, Entertainment Weekly can exclusively reveal.
—EW.com, 21 July 2025
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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
One of the absolute best role-playing games of recent years, Metaphor: ReFantazio is the latest game from Atlus, creators of the legendary Persona series, and was helmed by director Katsura Hashino.
—PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Wizards of the Coast, the home of Dungeons & Dragons, is planning to release a new version of the table-top role-playing game called Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club, Entertainment Weekly can exclusively reveal.
—EW.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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Congress had enacted byzantine eligibility requirements for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits, forcing the agency to expend huge amounts of time and money running those programs.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Chérizier, 48, who’s been actively meeting with former rivals, may be trying to duplicate the conditions in Carrefour, a sprawling suburb south of the capital where gangs now settle disputes, enact rules and profit from residents’ commercial activities.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Dennis is often seen playing it as a way of acting out his manipulative tendencies toward actual human beings, and Dennis and Roman also go to a Hollywood party as Sims.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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Despite their language barrier, Costner did his best to talk to the tribe about buffalo, acting out how the animal would behave.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 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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The task of the auctioneer is to dramatize the possibilities of the sale while attempting to control them at the same time.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Created by This Is Us writer-producer K.J. Steinberg, the eight-part mini series dramatizes the controversial case and the media circus that followed the American exchange student, who was twice convicted and twice acquitted.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 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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At certain angles, the photo’s dark backdrop allows viewers to see the reflection of former President Barack Obama’s portrait that depicts him surrounded by greenery and flowers representing Chicago and Hawaii.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The new album follows the same surprise announcement and quick-drop model as its predecessor, via an Instagram post (although the first one was preceded by billboards in Iceland, Atlanta and Los Angeles depicting an image of Bieber accompanied by the title).—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Clearly, this correlates nearly with the birth rate exploding; 16 players born in 1948 represented England, including Ray Clemence and Trevor Brooking, the highest figure for any single year since 1901.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Pulte also flagged a third property, in Massachusetts, that Cook represented as a second home in mortgage documents but as an investment property in subsequent financial disclosures.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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As Judy continues to be plagued by visions, she is drawn to visit the Smurls against her family’s wishes, until the Warrens agree to take on the case.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Liquidity issue The push for retail involvement in private markets has nonetheless raised questions over whether everyday investors are equipped to take on the complexity and risk involved in the space, including the likely lack of ability to access their capital or returns for significant periods.—
Jenni Reid,Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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