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overacting

verb

present participle of overact

as in enacting

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But since daylight saving time has ended, enacting the law now would mean an immediate one-hour time jump forward across the country, barring changes to the legislation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Procedural fastidiousness has become an end in itself rather than enacting substantive policy.

— David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of enacting

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The bonus episodes also include stop-motion animation toy versions of the movie’s characters acting out some of the original film’s biggest moments and interactive games focused on the character’s backstage lives.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
Her sketches got weirder as a way of acting out against her audience.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of acting out

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Leni completed the costume with a wig imitating Camilla’s dark, curly tresses, and wore the character’s most iconic outfit with a white tank top and oversized hairbow.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026
Rather than simply imitating the brain with silicon chips, the approach uses actual neurons to perform computational work.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of imitating

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Fusion energy has long promised virtually limitless, low-carbon power by mimicking the physical reactions that fuel the Sun.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Color Shift adds blue and red halos around subjects, mimicking the look of a lens with heavy chromatic aberration.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of mimicking

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By the time of the witch trial, the sacred building stood stripped of its roofing and outer masonry—a fleshless skeleton; its giant west window glassless, miming a stone scream.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Simmons celebrated by miming urinating, game footage shared by ESPN College Football shows.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

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The booster also supported six Starlink flights before taking on USSF-432.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of taking on

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The deal comes as Druski, the stage name of Drew Desbordes, has cemented himself as one of the biggest crossover stars of the creator economy, having appeared in commercials and acting roles (Grown-ish, Praise This) along with hosting gigs.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
Filguerias was likely acting as the pilot monitoring, rather than the pilot flying.

— Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

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