reenacted

past tense of reenact

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Recent Examples of reenacted However, the citation was in regard to explaining irreparable harm, meaning a type of harm that monetary damages can’t cure and one that applies to college athletes who miss games, practices and other opportunities for NFL development that will never be replayed or reenacted. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026 Books, movies, and museums have become increasingly interactive, but there's still nothing quite like standing in the very places where fossils and relics were discovered, or watching history reenacted. Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 That statute was first enacted through the Nationality Act in 1940 and then reenacted in the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1952. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 The main set of the Apple TV show’s Venice shoot is the Palazzo del Cinema, where the festival’s upcoming 83rd edition is being reenacted for the show six months in advance. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026 The first festival-like celebration occurred in 1927, when a group of school children reenacted the first tree planting, Mayhew said. Chandelis Duster, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026 Opening the second half with an especially poignant scene, a different pair reenacted the many days when even choosing to get out of bed and face another day of disability is difficult. Cory Trenda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025 Whether or not The Bitch of Buchenwald did what is reenacted on the show isn’t relevant, because her activities are placed in the context of a comic book that exaggerates history to make a point — just like Monster does. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025 One player reenacted how Deon caught the ball cleanly. David Clarey, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenacted
Verb
  • Court reporters say the job can be performed only by a human being, who can intervene to ensure everyone is heard and who bears responsibility if a transcript is missing or incomplete.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Atlas performed a series of soccer moves developed using a combination of motion retargeting, reinforcement learning and whole-body control.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Of the 63 inmates executed in the United States in 2025 and so far this year, Florida has carried out 28 of them.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Channel your inner Sporty Spice with preppy tees featuring jersey numbers and rugby stripes, executed with fashionable precision by Versace, Nili Lotan, Staud, and TWP.
    Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • In that instance, federal investigators looked at that case alongside state investigators, and the police officer who was later found to have murdered George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, was prosecuted in both state and federal court.
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • Violations of the law, known as the California Invasion of Privacy Act, can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor or a felony.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Many of those convicted committed only minor offenses, such as traffic violations, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
    Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The Fever committed 17 turnovers, which the Sparks (9-11) converted into 22 points, and All-Star Caitlin Clark scored her second-fewest points this season with just nine in limited minutes while returning from injury.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Maria Demertzis, professor of economic policy at the European University Institute, notes that the trade policy was negotiated collectively by Brussels rather than individual member states.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 9 July 2026
  • The deal was negotiated between Robert Aaronson, Executive Vice President of Cohen Media Group, and Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Co-CEO of France’s Playtime.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • The president also repeated threats to target civilian infrastructure and Kharg Island, a heavily fortified part of Iran that accounts for 90% of the country’s oil exports.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The scammers repeated the same story with another fake credit, this time for $100,000.
    Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026

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“Reenacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenacted. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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