Recent Examples on the WebIn the same way that a child, playing with a teddy bear, learns how her imagination relates to the external world, users reconcile similar incongruities by telling the stories of their lives on TikTok.—Kim Hew-Low, New York Times, 16 May 2024 Filled with cast-off IFs who spend their days participating in such activities as group therapy and water aerobics, it’s presided over by elderly teddy bear Lewis (the late Louis Gossett Jr., delivering a lovely voice performance).—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024 Rather than taking a test, teachers observe them playing in the classroom — doing puzzles, coloring, building blocks, caring for a teddy bear — and asks their families to offer their own feedback.—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024 Ted is set in 1993, eight years after John (played by Max Burkholder) wished for his teddy bear to come to life for Christmas.—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024 The retail brand is open to members, who can purchase three different levels of membership
Along with normal groceries, Costco's inventory is home to several fun items, including life-size teddy bears and bricks of gold.—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 Email address: Like other Thai parents, they’d been bombarded by formula advertising on television, online and in grocery stores, where a rainbow of boxes and canisters of powdered toddler milk featured teddy bears in graduation caps and giveaways like toys or diapers.—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2024 The toddler scale is shaped like a teddy bear and can withstand up to 60 pounds.—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024 Guests either got to wear a diaper with an oversized comical pin, a ruffled baby hat that came with a rattle, or adult-sized footy pajamas accessorized with a teddy bear and a sucker.—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Teddy, nickname of Theodore Roosevelt; from a cartoon depicting the president sparing the life of a bear cub while hunting
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