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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordplays
Noun
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Like the original, all three projects were half-hour comedies.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025 -
In a different era, advertisers would use their big budgets to procure similar stuff during primetime dramas and comedies.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Without getting into spoilers, her one-and-done appearance in Episode 5 presents the perfect opportunity for the more-than-capable Meester to match wits with Bell’s judgmental Joanna, only to strand the actor with boring, obvious jokes and saddle her with a feeble resolution.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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With tensions rising, the film transforms into an unsettling black comedy as the colleagues descend into a battle of wills and wits.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Essentially, the genre someone gravitates towards can quietly reveal personality traits like our humors, values, and emotional wiring—the kind of clues that aren’t always captured in a dating app profile.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
22 Oct. 2025
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There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Death, of course, is never permanent in slasher movies, or parodies of slasher movies, for that matter.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Pop-culture figures like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolfman are so ubiquitous as to be both movie characters and parodies of themselves, and this DuckTales episode is good for any kids that like monsters but aren’t quite ready to be menaced by them yet.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 50-year-old former longtime creative director at Moschino is known for his inventiveness and bold riffs on Americana and pop culture.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Williams and Antonoff closed out the event with a joint performance backed by Bleachers, blending their catalogs into a soulful set jam-packed with saxophone solos and expansive riffs.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Wordplays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordplays. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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