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coact

verb

Definition of coact

as in to mimic

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Interestingly, the platform mimics the way biological brains calculate using physical movement.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
So that, zombie- or indeed mummy-like, the barbarians can mimic imperial subjects enough to look human.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of mimic

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The ’90s — its music, its films, its pre-social-media privacy — has become an object of fascination, and Long argues the era can’t be imitated or counterfeited.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Over the weekend, movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment accused Robinhood of creating an unauthorized market that imitates trading in AMC shares through its overseas platform without the company’s approval.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of imitate

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The closer the test gets to the actual work, the less room there is for a polished story to masquerade as evidence.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The most powerful of the three attack variants causes the infected Windows machine to masquerade as an iPhone.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of masquerade

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Carrie Schmidt and Kimberly Twente were among a group of residents behind the petition seeking to enact a ban on large data centers in Edgerton.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
What started in one state court has now spread across the country, with a plethora of athletes filing lawsuits against the NCAA, and now SEC, over new guidelines enacted pertaining to the five-for-five eligibility.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enact

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Critics and fanboy media thrashed Supergirl not just for its Guardians of the Galaxy touchstones, but also for aping Mad Max.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 June 2026
The track apes the softly anthemic approach of U2, Coldplay, and the National—until all of that elegant uplift topples like an overly ambitious wedding cake.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026

Definition of ape

Verb

The better to act out empire’s idea of what disgusting demonic sickness looks like.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Another chapter digs into Ronson’s rocky friendship with the comedy writer Graham Linehan, whose involvement in the gender-critical movement led him to act out online in ways that Ronson reads as self-destructive.

— Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

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