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playacted

verb

past tense of playact
as in posed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playacted
  1. posed
  2. made out
  3. let on
  4. put on
  5. pretended
  6. affected
  7. played
  8. impersonated
Verb
  • Consider the risk posed by blanket tariffs on many drug ingredients.
    — Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • For the Fed, the various economic signals have posed a quandary.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of posed
Verb
  • Surely it's made out of foam or wood, painted to look like a real axe?
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The agent’s story peters out at the end; Simon photographs a quilt made out of T-shirts from his many law-enforcement jobs which his girlfriend commissioned for him from Etsy.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of made out
Verb
  • But if the contract has more to do with his absence than the Steelers are letting on?
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • What the number can actually tell you about your health is more complicated than the marketing lets on.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of let on
Verb
  • Four others from the Bryant pit crew also were fined and put on probation because of their participation in a separate altercation after the conclusion of the second heat race at the Virginia track.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In order to fill the gap, Overland Park city officials are considering a 10-year sales tax to put on a March special election ballot, Gunja said.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of put on
Verb
  • The pope, formerly Robert Prevost, grew up in a deeply Catholic family in Chicago where the three sons all served as altar boys in church, their parents led nightly recitations of the Rosary and young Robert pretended to be a priest.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The story goes that the couple had gone home from his show, and the husband pretended to be the Lovemaster.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of pretended
Verb
  • While those companies are not named in the Boulder case, they are named as defendants in similar climate lawsuits filed across the country, suits that very likely would be affected by the high court’s ruling.
    — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Next, Madigan and her fellow researchers will investigate which children are more affected by different digital experiences and why.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of affected
Verb
  • One recent three-month period saw the release of three film adaptations of acclaimed novels in which ghosts played a starring role.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The 30-year-old actress, who was named the Chinese brand ambassador for Kors last March, made her acting debut at 10 and has played numerous roles in historical, fantasy and romantic dramas.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of played
Verb
  • The agents also allegedly impersonated a moderator on the wiki, using an identical Cyrillic е character in the admin's username instead of the Latin one.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
  • His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of impersonated
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“Playacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playacted. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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