play into
phrasal verb
played into; playing into; plays into
: to help support (something, such as an idea)
Her methods play into the stereotype that lawyers are dishonest.
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Rather than seeking reconciliation, however, the EU and China have further played into these disagreements.
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Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Drew Doughty really stands on Seider’s list as a path to taking his already excellent play into true star territory.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The bots failed to recognize the suicidal intent of the prompt and gave examples of bridges, playing into such ideation, according to the study released in June.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 10 July 2025
None of this played into Sondergard’s or the Bowl’s strengths as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A Minor opened the program.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Drew Doughty really stands on Seider’s list as a path to taking his already excellent play into true star territory.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The bots failed to recognize the suicidal intent of the prompt and gave examples of bridges, playing into such ideation, according to the study released in June.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 10 July 2025
None of this played into Sondergard’s or the Bowl’s strengths as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A Minor opened the program.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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“Play into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play%20into. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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