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Recent Examples of role-play
Dire wolves have starring roles in the video game World of Warcraft, the collectible-card game Magic: The Gathering, and the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Atlanta native, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, won his lone NBA championship in 2020 as a role-playing rim-runner on the Lakers.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Fielder believes that role-playing exercises could improve air traffic control and help prevent calamities.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
In season two of The Rehearsal, the comedian will put his role-playing expertise to work in service of aviation safety.
—Britina Cheng, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Atlanta native, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, won his lone NBA championship in 2020 as a role-playing rim-runner on the Lakers.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Fielder believes that role-playing exercises could improve air traffic control and help prevent calamities.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
In season two of The Rehearsal, the comedian will put his role-playing expertise to work in service of aviation safety.
—Britina Cheng, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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The Florida Sheriff's Association announced in February that all county jails had signed agreements in compliance with a state law enacted in 2022.—
Julia Ingram,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Republicans are hoping to raise the nation’s borrowing limit, which caps how much money the Treasury Department can owe to pay the country’s bills, by up to $5 trillion this year as part of a larger package to extend expiring tax cuts enacted through Trump’s signature 2017 tax law.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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His days are spent either sitting sadly on Iris’ bed with literal hangdog eyes or acting out and destroying things in her apartment.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Twin Cities,
2 Apr. 2025
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But most small children eventually outgrow the impulse to act out.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
27 Mar. 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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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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The network’s right to turn George and Tammy’s story into a TV show came from the First Amendment and from buying the rights to dramatize Georgette’s book.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Mar. 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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There’s also the personal draw: Not everyone has experienced a haunting, but complicated family dynamics are depicted so often in media that the setting feels both funny and heart racing.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
18 Apr. 2025
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And, for families looking for strong tween and teenage girl protagonists depicted on screen, Rule Breakers is ideal.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
18 Apr. 2025
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Jake Elder, Ray Hendrick, Banjo Matthews, Larry Phillips, and Bob Welborn are on this year’s Pioneer Ballot, representing those whose careers began at least 60 years ago.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Apr. 2025
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For 2025, the total number of companies for which emissions data was obtained increased from approximately 750 in the previous year to around 900 in the current year, representing a 25% growth.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Jordan pulls double duty as gangster twins taking on vampires in 1930s Mississippi in director Ryan Coogler's musical horror mashup.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Oz takes on the role as Congress actively debates potential cuts to Medicaid, which provides essential support to millions of low-income and disabled Americans.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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