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Recent Examples of role-play
Salespeople attend workshops, memorize messaging, and role-play with colleagues — but these exercises rarely prepare them for the emotional turbulence of real customer conversations.
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Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is this question more relevant than in the role-playing game genre.
—Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Mythic Quest starred McElhenney as Ian Grimm, the creative director of a video game studio who created a popular online role-playing game.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 11 Apr. 2025
Since then, he's appeared in minor roles in a variety of films, also voicing Kurt in the role-playing video game Unlimited Saga.
—EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is this question more relevant than in the role-playing game genre.
—Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Mythic Quest starred McElhenney as Ian Grimm, the creative director of a video game studio who created a popular online role-playing game.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 11 Apr. 2025
Since then, he's appeared in minor roles in a variety of films, also voicing Kurt in the role-playing video game Unlimited Saga.
—EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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The 1970 Clean Air Act specifies that California can receive waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency to enact clean air standards that are tougher than federal limits because the state has historically been the most polluted air in the nation.—
Lisa Friedman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Some lawmakers have argued that the act cannot be used by the president to enact tariffs.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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While in shelters, some animals may act out due to the overwhelming stress of their environment.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Two months later, Becca was the target of online gossip and started acting out and drinking as a way to cope.—
Deb Schmill,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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As Huff ran down the line, Bochy pumped his arms while pantomiming the Herman Munster trot.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Yet not a sound emerges from the baying mob, which has been instructed to pantomime their appreciation noiselessly.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The 2013 film Gravity dramatized the hazardous potential of space debris on humans in orbit, but most of the danger is to the proliferating number of satellites.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Apr. 2025
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Unlike Molly, who's politely reticent and reluctant to speak up for herself, Nikki can't resist expressing her anger and sorrow—or, more precisely, dramatizing them for whatever audience of oncologists happens to be in range.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
4 Apr. 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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Trump’s modus, as ever, was to playact; his game has always been improv.—
Joe Klein,
Washington Post,
12 Jan. 2023
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Both have been about quote, unquote, love, even though neither show is depicting true love.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Instead, Allie married the rough-around-the-edges man who’s depicted as her one true love, Noah, played by Ryan Gosling.—
Emily Rella,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Airlines for America, a group representing American Airlines and other U.S. carriers, in March urged the FAA to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around the airport.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Lifting the Carabao Cup in March to finally end their 56-year wait for a trophy represents a successful campaign for Eddie Howe’s Newcastle.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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And in Burberry’s Her Elixir, ripe fruit begets ripe fruit—blackberry is added in along with vanilla for a sophisticated take on a strawberry milkshake.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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So specialty vape shops and smaller convenience stores have taken on all the risk.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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