play around with

Example Sentences

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"We are two men of 80 years of age, so we cannot play around with democracy," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

But none of that stops Claude Code from being fun to play around with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The Social Security Administration can give you estimates as to what benefits would be at different ages, and offers benefit calculators to let you play around with the numbers.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 13, 2025

This shows one of ChatGPT’s limitations: Though it’s a helpful tool, you’ll have to play around with it and double check the calculations since its explanations aren’t always clear at first.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2025

Lelia and Mitt used to play around with a tape recorder I sometimes brought home from the office.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee