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playacts

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present tense third-person singular of playact

as in poses

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The ascendance of Chinese open-source AI poses an economic threat to the US, Palantir’s chief technology officer said, joining a chorus of American executives sounding the alarm on Beijing’s growing AI clout.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
That’s a question that writer Rebecca Mead poses in a New Yorker piece about Ana Mendieta, who is the subject of a Tate Modern retrospective that opens to the public today.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

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If a cell ever compromises, the liquid acts as an immediate internal fire extinguisher.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
Through the legal principle known as respondeat superior, employers are generally liable for actions committed by their employees when the employee acts within the scope of their employment.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of acts

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In the example below, Stephen Eustaquio plays it short, with Canada set up to attack the six-yard box with two runners.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
France faces Spain in the Dallas semifinal Tuesday, and Argentina plays England in Atlanta on Wednesday.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of plays

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But also, because The Odyssey itself is a kind of Trojan horse, a vessel that pretends to give us an entertaining story from the past while, in fact, exposing uncomfortable truths about the present.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026
The show only pretends to be organized around romantic couples.

— Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

Definition of pretends

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The first stage puts its payload inside an app bundle that impersonates real components built into macOS.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
But only male pilots can apply—so Wooram goes full Twelfth Night and impersonates her twin brother Boram, with his blessing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026

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