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play

[pley] / pleɪ /










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Local families would visit each other to talk, make music and play simple games like cards or checkers.

From The Wall Street Journal

By doing so, they hope to determine whether challenges with adapting strategies play a wider role in academic struggles beyond math.

From Science Daily

Food production and consumption play a major role in climate change.

From Science Daily

What better way to show the world a new side of yourself than to play the equally wicked fictional brother of one of modern literature’s most notorious slashers?

From Salon

"Different types of brain cells play distinct roles in Alzheimer's disease, but how they interact at the molecular level has remained unclear," said Min Zhang, co-corresponding author and professor of epidemiology and biostatistics.

From Science Daily