Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-playing
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The kingdom’s market regulator is enacting a fresh wave of measures to encourage foreign investment in the country’s stock market after the index declined 13% in 2025 and was flat in 2024, lagging global emerging market peers.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
14 Jan. 2026 -
California has a responsibility to use all available tools to protect residents and set an example for other states by enacting protective legislation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 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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This world is rarely gentle to people who are hurt, vulnerable, acting out.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Dec. 2025
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, this square was the site of a slave market; today, bronze sculptures depicting scenes of branding and auctioning stand in memory of that brutal past.—
Caitlin Gunther,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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British law prohibits distribution of deepfake imagery depicting adults.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026
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For the white men, the experience of prison was the veil that now concealed them, rendering them strangers and exiles from the world outside.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The committee approved the report in under a minute, without discussion, rubber-stamping false compliance and rendering our transparency laws meaningless.—
Bobby Block,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Charlotte Observer was not immediately able to reach the attorney representing Taylor, Gena Morris with James, McElroy & Diehl in Charlotte.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Business Roundtable, a group representing CEOs of America’s largest companies, didn’t respond to a request for comment.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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While not everyone gets their wishes, those with no interest in taking on the deceptive — and challenging — role of a Traitor likely won't be chosen.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Still, investors now have to make the tricky balance between hedging against geopolitical risks and playing the AI theme.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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Throughout her life, her doting mom has snapped some adorable pictures of her hanging out with cousins, showing love to her siblings or playing dress up and looking just like a mini-me.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Role-playing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-playing. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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