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
Rosenblatt was fired from the police department in 2020 over a photo reenacting McClain's death.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 June 2026
During Muharram a community group will often stage a passion play (taʿziyyah) that reenacts the events of Ḥusayn’s martyrdom.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 May 2026
Dramatically reenacting the scene in the special, Foxx’s legs tremble, his eyes wide.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Each spoke about the weight of reenacting moments from a living person’s life; Yarris, now free, was a frequent presence at both table reads and performances.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 June 2026
During Muharram a community group will often stage a passion play (taʿziyyah) that reenacts the events of Ḥusayn’s martyrdom.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 May 2026
Dramatically reenacting the scene in the special, Foxx’s legs tremble, his eyes wide.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Each spoke about the weight of reenacting moments from a living person’s life; Yarris, now free, was a frequent presence at both table reads and performances.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenact
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These will be highly specialized agents that sit on top of Anaplan’s applications, capable of performing tasks autonomously for users.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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While humans thrive on ambiguity, context, metaphor and inference, machines generally perform better when information is categorized, tagged, labeled and linked in ways that reduce uncertainty.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
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The surest way to move the fastest, have the greatest impact and capture the most value is to vertically integrate and execute on the full value chain end-to-end.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Most of the videos featured phony trades executed on dummy sites designed to resemble Polymarket, according to the Journal, which said the company's actions were part of a campaign to lure users to its offshore, unregulated platform.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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My office will continue to vigorously prosecute defendants who pose serious threats to our community’s safety, especially our children.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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Four days later, the Front Office informed the prosecuting team about the video showing Edwards being shot, and the prosecuting team requested that video from the ATF, which sent over two videos.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Separately, Hernandez-Ponce and Cerritos were also convicted on two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit a robbery, authorities said.—
Seamus Bozeman
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Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Pearl River Film and Media has joined forces with Black Body Interactive and Meng Guo Ji Media to establish a dedicated studio with Chinese author Guo Ni, committing to adapt eight of her youth and sci-fi franchises for the screen, with Baidu AI Cloud on board as a production technology partner.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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But Iran denied making any new commitments on monitoring, with state media reporting that Tehran did not negotiate the nuclear issue during 18 hours of discussions.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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The Heat and other NBA teams have been allowed to negotiate with their own impending free agents since June 14 — the day after the last game of the NBA Finals.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenact. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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