coacting

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

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Verb
  • Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, previously said in a statement that accounts imitating other people go against their terms of service and are removed when flagged.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Broncos fans have rallied around their backup quarterback, with thousands of fans changing their social media avatars to a picture of Stidham’s face, photoshopped with sunglasses and headphones, imitating a LeBron James meme.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The organoids showed cell death, inflammation and glial scarring, closely mimicking what happens in the human body after severe injury.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Some of his other previous installations across the globe have stretched hundreds of feet long, mimicking natural shapes and colors inspired by butterfly wings, ocean waves, rainbows, tree canopies and abstract shapes.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Mamdani, though, had previously specifically promised to appoint only board members committed to enacting no increases during the four years of his first term.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Crockett emphasized that people need to play their part in enacting change.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Trying To Avoid The Generic However, having minimal buttons is hardly an original design strategy when so many EVs have followed this route (aping Tesla).
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The failure of Hollywood’s first take on Godzilla, which reimagined this towering icon into a skittering lizard that was clearly aping more from Jurassic Park than any of the kaiju films that came before it, positioned the start of Godzilla’s third era as something of a return to form.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Arkansas Education Association is the state affiliate of the National Education Association, a nationwide labor union representing educators.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • There was a ton of media, and our own Cary Jenkins was there representing High Profile.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The clip features four male models — who look nothing like Catmen Anthony D’Amato, Mike Montali, Brian Dunne, and Don DiLego — miming their way through a performance of the song in Orson Welles-era black & white.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Coacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coacting. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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