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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordplays
Noun
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There are a lot more comedies and starry projects in the final Park City edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which provides optimism for sales agents.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026 -
The selection ranges from edgy documentaries and dark comedies to experimental animation.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Scared out of their wits, Islanders fled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Conversations between Linda and Bradley play like a high-stakes battle of wits, but their director is never so far away as to make the match feel lawless.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These are the records that best balanced my humors and kept me afloat.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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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
Noun
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O'Brien then recalled his time on The Harvard Lampoon, his alma mater's humor publication also known for its parodies of magazines.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Each of the first three episodes takes place in a different decade and parodies a different generational style of sitcom.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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There’s an abundance of intricate riffs, hypnotic solo passages and wickedly tight drumming to be found on this LP.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The combo of the group’s power chord-mad riffs, frontman Klaus Meine’s cutting vocals and ear-turning accent, and, of course, Buchholz’s rock-solid rhythms positioned them for heavy-metal dominance in the rock-hungry Eighties.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Wordplays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordplays. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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