reenact
verb
re·en·act
ˌrē-ə-ˈnakt 
reenacted; reenacting; reenacts
1
: to enact (something, such as a law) again
2
: to act or perform again
3
: to repeat the actions of (an earlier event or incident)
Examples of reenact in a Sentence
The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
There is much to reenact, to explain and unravel and contextualize, in a legal saga that began on Nov. 2, 2007, the morning Kercher’s body was discovered, and had yet to be fully resolved as late as this year.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
And that is to reenact his descent on the Golden Escalator to announce his first presidential candidacy ten years earlier.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
One hundred twenty-five years later, on the same quay in Geneva, a theater troupe reenacts the event every Sunday.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reenact
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reenact. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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