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plaything

[pley-thing] / ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ /


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Autos were no longer a “devilish plaything of the gilded class,” Mr. Moskowitz tells us.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

"Both the Royal Family and the governments of England and Wales have other things to think about, which are rather more pressing and important than a child's plaything," said Dr Jones.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2025

Famously, he set a Barbie doll on fire to protest Greta Gerwig’s movie portraying the doll as a woman with agency, rather than a passive plaything.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2025

Here at the Walker Art Center, a weighty and ambitious exhibition reorients American audiences toward a generation of artists, writers and musicians for whom free expression was no plaything and no luxury.

From New York Times Jan. 11, 2024

It was a plaything, made in the distant past for the use of infant woodlanders.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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