as in to perform
to act out a past event; to enact again
The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle.
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Recent Examples of reenact
Inspired by a real-life 2022 hostage crisis in Amsterdam, the film reenacts the tense standoff that unfolded at an Apple Store in the city's bustling Leidseplein Square.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The episode opens with the voiceover and the hero twins reenacting the Ye’iitsoh mythology in a play.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
Since taking office two months ago, President Trump has enacted, repealed, then reenacted a series of punishing tariffs on America’s two neighbors.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
What the episode discusses, broadly, around AI, is what actors are going through right now, and if this could actually happen to an actor that tried to reenact a role.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The episode opens with the voiceover and the hero twins reenacting the Ye’iitsoh mythology in a play.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
Since taking office two months ago, President Trump has enacted, repealed, then reenacted a series of punishing tariffs on America’s two neighbors.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
What the episode discusses, broadly, around AI, is what actors are going through right now, and if this could actually happen to an actor that tried to reenact a role.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenact
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The group is getting ready to perform Broadway show tunes on May 31 at the Library’s Community Room.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Ancelotti is the epitome of a man-manager, able to empower his players to perform to their best of their ability without requiring too much tactical instruction.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Yet, there’s no point in thinking about Indiana if the Knicks aren’t going to execute the basics against the defending champions.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Vulnerabilities result from programming errors found in webserver software that, when exploited, allow attackers to execute malicious code in the browsers of people visiting an affected website.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2025
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That's extremely common among these cases, said University of Idaho law professor Benji Cover, who wrote a paper about people, including noncitizens, misunderstanding election rules and being prosecuted in recent decades.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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At the Department of Justice, which prosecutes many fair housing cases, staffers received a draft of the housing section’s new mission statement, which omitted any mention of the Fair Housing Act.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
15 May 2025
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This is a very personal question that in no way commits Comité Colbert or our maisons.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The Rockies committed three errors plus a brutal mental hiccup that gave the Padres six runs last night.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Trump signed an executive order on Monday encouraging linking the cost of prescription drugs to what's paid in other nations where drug prices are negotiated by their government and tend to be much lower.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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In Tampa, the stadium’s naming rights partner, Raymond James, negotiated by the Bucs for the Bucs, is the longest-standing in the NFL.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenact. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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