playing (on or upon)

verb

Definition of playing (on or upon)next
present participle of play (on or upon)
as in imposing (on or upon)
to take unfair advantage of the candidate played on the voters' prejudices

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playing (on or upon)
  1. using
  2. exploiting
  3. manipulating
Verb
  • At the core of the company’s operation is the aim of developing the technological skills of all sorts of large organizations using AI.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Related to both is a program of using challenges to solve real-world complex problems.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of using
Verb
  • Kohli, so technically assured during his astounding career, has developed a major weakness outside off-stump and Australia's unrelenting seamers are exploiting this.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Authorities have said migrants are especially vulnerable to abuse, such as in the case of a Highland Park woman charged with eight counts of human trafficking after allegedly exploiting four immigrants in early 2024.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of exploiting
Verb
  • Towns has the best effective shooting rate of his career, and his penchant for drawing out and manipulating bigs is particularly fun to watch.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is now capable of simultaneously holding and manipulating an object.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of manipulating
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“Playing (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playing%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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