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Recent Examples of role-play
The Tactical Games attracts thrill seekers and firearms enthusiasts with its combination of CrossFit-style workouts and military role-play.
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Calum Marsh Bridget Bennett, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The technical flaws run counter to the cool aura of more recent fantasy role-playing games, like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) and Oblivion’s successor, Skyrim (2011), which produced notable memes of its own.
—Jamal Michel, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The continued success of GTA V long after its release is largely thanks to players who took Rockstar’s multiplayer blueprint and built something unique: a rich role-playing world with servers hosted all across the globe.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
Gamers play games for all sorts of reasons: to role-play, to challenge themselves, to kill time with friends.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
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Calum Marsh Bridget Bennett, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The technical flaws run counter to the cool aura of more recent fantasy role-playing games, like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) and Oblivion’s successor, Skyrim (2011), which produced notable memes of its own.
—Jamal Michel, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The continued success of GTA V long after its release is largely thanks to players who took Rockstar’s multiplayer blueprint and built something unique: a rich role-playing world with servers hosted all across the globe.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
Gamers play games for all sorts of reasons: to role-play, to challenge themselves, to kill time with friends.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-play
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House Republicans defended a bill that would enact sweeping tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling, and add restrictions to benefit programs during a heated marathon day of committee hearings on Capitol Hill.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The Trump administration hopes the plan will be enacted by July 4.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Scenarios are acted out involving a rabbit who enjoys frequenting the circus and a ticket-taker bear who relishes enforcing the rules with all his brutal might.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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Prosecutors told the court that Vallow Daybell had acted out of self-interest, not self-preservation, with plans to cash in on her estranged husband’s $1 million life insurance policy.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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And Brunson kept up the energy through the show that followed, delivering some devastatingly personal compliment sandwiches during a leadership summit and frantically pantomiming elaborate insults while parked on a ferry.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
4 May 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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The climax of this biopic in miniature, of course, is the crash, which, like Sully, dramatizes the cockpit transcript from the real-life event with word-for-word detail.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
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The creators aimed to reflect the facts of the incident while changing names and dramatizing certain sequences.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 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
Verb
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The prosecution showed Cassie a still from a video that depicted Combs beating her at a hotel.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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But the top 10 destinations for summer travel globally (depicted in the photo above), do not include one single U.S. location.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The drop represents the first month-to-month decline since October 2024.—
Jane Onyanga-Omara,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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These planned hires represent the majority of the use of IRA funds.—
Cindy McGhee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Davis has been overseeing a campus revitalization project that has not required the college to take on any loans, thanks in large part to his acumen for fundraising.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2025
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The Context The couple's last public appearance was at the Super Bowl LIX in February, when the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Philadelphia Eagles and lost 40-22.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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“Role-play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-play. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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