Thesaurus results for RE-ENACT

reenact

verb

Definition of reenact

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 Both films show their stunted couples attempting to start over, reenacting the beginning of their relationship, when everything was terrifyingly and beautifully undetermined. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted the sheriff’s office, reenacting the scenarios that Stork described, according to the arrest report. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 Last year, in honor of her 24th birthday, comedian and actor Grace Reiter and a few friends reenacted The Hunger Games from memory. — Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 July 2026 But in the warmer months fly-fishing guides like Teddy Janney of Gallatin River Guides are inundated with visitors seeking to reenact A River Runs Through It. — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reenact

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During the themed show, the dancers performed to many of Carey’s songs from over the years.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
His new project, Flop, aims to create a spot market for computing power, where participants are rewarded with Flop tokens for providing GPUs and performing AI inference.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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Hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners, her lawyers wrote in a Friday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of execute

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All of them have denied any wrongdoing, and the Tompkins County district attorney declined to prosecute in 2024.

— Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
The show worked with local police, but many of the criminal cases later ended up being thrown out due to issues of entrapment or jurisdiction, per Fischel; none of the other men arrested in the sting that included Conradt’s suicide were prosecuted.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of prosecute

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European Union countries committed about 92 million barrels, a promise weighted toward refined products made from crude such as diesel.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Finally, in June, after committing to UC Davis as a safety, Skinner agreed to play quarterback for the good of his high school team, and Friday night’s 28-21 win over Chaminade in a Mission League opener showed how much the Knights (6-0) need him.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of commit

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StudioCanal Stories negotiated the rights to the book series.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Bock already cut a check and coughed over cash totaling $14,500 in exchange for Jamal negotiating a deal on her behalf with state regulators.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

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