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as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
gave her a puppet with strings for a gift
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Recent Examples of puppet
The idea was to create a Manchurian Candidate, or puppet, though Morris doesn’t think the government came close to actually concocting one.
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Rather than toys, researchers believe the figurines were more likely an early type of puppet used in ritualistic funerary performances.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
Shout-out to puppet designer Paul Lewis for the truly frightening Jenny Pen.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Putin tried the same thing with his long-time collaborator Viktor Medvedchuk, his pick for a puppet leader, before Medvedchuk was arrested on treason charges in April 2022.
—Illia Ponomarenko, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Rather than toys, researchers believe the figurines were more likely an early type of puppet used in ritualistic funerary performances.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
Shout-out to puppet designer Paul Lewis for the truly frightening Jenny Pen.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Putin tried the same thing with his long-time collaborator Viktor Medvedchuk, his pick for a puppet leader, before Medvedchuk was arrested on treason charges in April 2022.
—Illia Ponomarenko, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppet
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Working from his home studio in Auckland, Lewis relied on advanced 3D printing to create five different versions of the scene-stealing doll.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Curated by fashion historian Karan Feder and drawn from the private collection of David Porcello and Mattel, the exhibit features more than 250 vintage dolls, life-size fashion designs, advertisements and other archival material, video interviews with the doll’s designers and more.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Many consumers who currently rely on credit cards would be forced to turn elsewhere for short-term financing needs, including pawn shops, auto title lenders, or worse—such as loan sharks, unregulated online lenders, and the black market.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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As DeSantis takes the national stage, Marvin Dunn, a professor emeritus at Florida International University, said some of the most vulnerable people on campus, like Black and LGBTQ faculty and students, have become pawns in a political game.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Health care leaders argue that the lack of funding for the IHS limits improvement to medical tools and systems, which affects the quality of care.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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These tools, while powerful productivity enhancers, introduce new data leakage concerns that traditional security controls struggle to manage.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Tatlin scholarship is whispery on his time in Kyiv, for the excellent reason that Stalin’s minions torched most evidence of it.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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But the largest driving force behind the return-to-work mandates, suggest the early scholarship, is CEOs feeling lonely without minions.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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