play around with

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So we play around with different ideas for that, and that would be nice to see because we’ve seen Elsbeth as a mother, but we haven’t seen her as a daughter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

As long as you have enough money to live on with your other sources of income, plus a 12-month emergency fund, you have enough time to play around with.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

"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

Of course, this aspect of mathematics isn’t very well known even to the numerate, since it’s necessary to have some mathematical ideas first before you can play around with them.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos