playtime
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playtimes
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Scenes animated in hand-drawn style are designed to bring Bonnie’s imagination to life, recreating the vivid magic of designing entire stories and character arcs for toys during playtime.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
"It's a really good tool for my son to use because it helps him with that transition from active playtime into downtime," she explains.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
In the meantime, Maxwell was moved to a cushy prison and given all kinds of perks, including puppy playtime.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025
Perhaps because I associate purple with funky creativity, ChatGPT feels more like playtime now that my text bubbles show up in purple rather than dull office gray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
They worked at it every minute of their playtime.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
PLN’s programs span generations and include toddler parent-child playtimes, summer academic and cultural enrichment for children through ninth grade, parent leadership training and teen services that range from career exploration to game nights.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
He is wearing out his beloved Chihuahua, Gracie, with extended playtimes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
The BFI venue benefited from multiple playtimes each day, as opposed to just 38 showings over 28 days for Secret Cinema, although premium prices for the latter, reflecting the ambitious production values, boosted its takings.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2012
What he set down upon the page was but a less free and rich version of the things that came from his living mouth in our heedless playtimes.
From Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne
Later, together, they explored the world of music, literature, science, and art, spending the long summer playtimes, still together, traveling in both well-known and little-known lands.
From The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
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