plaything
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The fact that a vinyl Barbie doll was priced at more than $100 told me this was no longer just a childhood plaything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
It was a plaything, made in the distant past for the use of infant woodlanders.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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