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noun Checkers.

a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.

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How to use restriction play in a sentence

Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?
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Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
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He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
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When fathers hold and play with their children, oxytocin and prolactin kick in, priming them for bonding.
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Ironically, the play deals with the ‘management’ of information by the Establishment.
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I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
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But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
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To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
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Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.
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Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
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