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playacted

verb

past tense of playact

as in posed

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Politics, climate change, employment challenges posed by AI, the cost of living, migration, and food and water security are all set to be significant issues in upcoming decades.

— Al Kingsley MBE, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Messi’s transition from an inverted right-winger to a ‘false nine’, dropping deeper, posed fresh problems for opponents.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of posed

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But the envelope made out to Berent was returned unopened by the Department of State’s Office of General Counsel in May of this year.

— Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The dashboard of the steering wheel is also made out of Lego, and includes a reverse button if required.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of made out

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On that reading, a building let on a long lease to a tenant with a strong credit rating looks closer to a toll road than to a speculative wager.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026
Franco's new followers were quick to flood into the comment section with their suspicions that there was more to the posts than the actor was letting on.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

Definition of let on

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The film was originally set to be directed by Melanie Laurent, but was put on hold during the pandemic and later revived with Morris directing.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 July 2026
Schwarber joins his teammate Bryce Harper in the eight-man field and the pair will try to put on show for the home crowd at Citizens Bank Park.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of put on

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Barcenas' tea-sipping celebration was a tribute to Alex Morgan, one of the Wave's owners, who pretended to take a sip of tea after scoring in a match against England during the 2019 Women's World Cup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
As the video ended, the actor held Mauz up and pretended to play him like an air guitar.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of pretended

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Kirkland said the regulations would have especially affected cities like Bell Gardens and Hawaiian Gardens, where casinos represent nearly 70% of the general fund.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Until April, Calabria had spent 17 years under special administration due to persistent budget deficits, which along with corruption scandals and Mafia infiltration affected health investments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of affected

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Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026
She has been featured in various TV shows, including an English show called Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), and played Desdemona in Broadway’s Othello before retiring in the early 1980s, per the Walt Disney Archives.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

Definition of played

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Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
The second is listed only as a school district employee in the affidavit, who Knowles allegedly impersonated during an exam at Florida Atlantic University in August 2024.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026

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