play around

Example Sentences

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"We are two men of 80 years of age, so we cannot play around with democracy," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

And she advises her to play around with online retirement-planning tools to stress-test scenarios such as a job loss, health events and living to 100.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Elsewhere in Gabland: It was reported that Gabbard “obtained” voting machines from Puerto Rico to play around with them and look for security vulnerabilities.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2026

The Social Security Administration can give you estimates as to what benefits would be at different ages, and offers benefit calculators to let you play around with the numbers.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 13, 2025

Then I play around with my retirement speech and decorate the waiting room of my doctor's office.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris