coacting

variants or co-acting
Definition of coactingnext
present participle of coact

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coacting
Verb
  • Both of us remember childhood weekends spent recording our own camcorder sketch shows — Lee imitating Dana Carvey’s Ross Perot and Molly Shannon’s Mary Catherine Gallagher, Jenn pushing the boundaries of absurdism far past the point of actually getting laughs.
    Lee Kelly, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The upcoming season of Nobody Wants This includes a bit more art imitating life after Timothy Simons‘ recent hair experiment.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • All of that just mimicking where Texas finds itself.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Through this, researchers are mimicking natural structures, such as bird nests and bone minerals, to create ultra-strong manufactured materials.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Board member Allen Zeman also asked if Hepburn could bring back a proposal that would cut 200 more jobs, although board members only committed to reviewing it, not enacting it.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After phones at the facility allegedly stopped working on April 2, detainees began to complain, and attorney Katherine Blankenship alleged her clients told her that guards responded by threatening violence and then enacting violence on detainees, per court docs obtained by PEOPLE.
    Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the series’ genre switch is just a theatrical exercise, like Euphoria is putting on another play, this one against a Harmony Korine– and Quentin Tarantino–aping backdrop.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The re-enactments, which include bomb-making and transportation, as well as the three-pronged plan to escape, have a flavor that calls to mind ’70s heist and spy films, accompanied by Michael James Lee’s jaunty, genre-aping score.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The artist created devotional scenes representing the fourteen Stations of the Cross.
    Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • One friend even sent me an old LGBTQ fact sheet from their time representing Tahiti Tourisme.
    Rachel King, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fleming asks, miming a person examining the topping options at an ice-cream parlor.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Elena, a skating coach and choreographer, was on the edge of her seat throughout Naumov’s program, quietly miming his movements in the arena’s second tier above the rink, willing Naumov on with every piece of choreography.
    Alice Park, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Coacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coacting. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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