1
as in instrumentalists
a person who plays a musical instrument
a horn player
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2
as in actors
one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)
a troupe of players used to give performances on the town green
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3
as in participants
one who takes part in something
a significant player in the negotiations
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Recent Examples of players
The show’s signature brutal violence, blood, guts and gore are still hyper-present, but the terror among the players, including Gin-hun, who has experienced it all before, remains palpable.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
Both players added subtle personal style to the holiday ensemble.
—Ty Gaskins, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
Ancelotti and his staff, the players and their entourages, the fans and the press all agree reinforcements are needed.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Potential arrivals are contingent on fringe players departing.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Injuries to key players have led to a shift in thinking for the January transfer window.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Several players are out of contract in the summer, which, considering how good the club have been at agreeing terms with key performers, suggests a parting of the ways in the offing.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Neither is expected to be the answer to Wrexham’s lack of goals up front, so both players heading back out on loan may well be in everyone’s best interests.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Those three players, all locker room leaders in their own ways, seemed to agree their team is working through a real rut.
—Jay King, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
Both players added subtle personal style to the holiday ensemble.
—Ty Gaskins, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
Ancelotti and his staff, the players and their entourages, the fans and the press all agree reinforcements are needed.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Potential arrivals are contingent on fringe players departing.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Injuries to key players have led to a shift in thinking for the January transfer window.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Several players are out of contract in the summer, which, considering how good the club have been at agreeing terms with key performers, suggests a parting of the ways in the offing.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Neither is expected to be the answer to Wrexham’s lack of goals up front, so both players heading back out on loan may well be in everyone’s best interests.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Those three players, all locker room leaders in their own ways, seemed to agree their team is working through a real rut.
—Jay King, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for players
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And there are 1,000,000 different kinds of actors.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Additional filming was done in Nepal, with the actors making part of the trek to the Everest base camp, though the actors did not actually film at the real base camp.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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This initiative seeks to compile one of the largest biomedical databases, enrolling over a million participants with a strong focus on women and underrepresented communities.—
Eric Ezenwa,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2025
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Other notable participants include Boise State, Butler, Georgetown and USC.—
Esteban L. Hernandez,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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Beyond big-name actors, Loti works with high-ranking military, politicians, CEOs, posthumous estates, and a number of Nashville musicians, meaning that new challenges and legal precedents will crop up in a broad range of fields.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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The musicians previously performed as a support act for Billie Eilish and the 1975 on their arena tours.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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Across the twentieth century, New York magazines were powerful convening spaces—not just for readers but for journalists, artists, photographers, and literary writers.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Newberry said that having a more realistic branch diameter scaling factor may have enabled artists to take more creative risks yet still have the object recognizable as a tree.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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But in this version the actresses are not midlevel hopefuls; rather Ivy Lynn (Robyn Hurder) is already a star, and Karen Cartwright (Caroline Bowman) her longtime understudy.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The two Academy Award-winning actresses stepped out with friends on Wednesday, April 9, where they were spotted walking along a street in Manhattan.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Players.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/players. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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