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reenacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of reenact

as in performs

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 reenacts Each year on the night of September 15, Mexico’s president reenacts the famous grito from the National Palace in Mexico City, ringing the exact same bell Hidalgo did and leading the crowd in cries honoring the heroes of independence. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026 Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in June, Jimenez was watching as parishioners acted out the Nativity scene during a posada, a Latin American tradition that reenacts Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter. — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025 This 9-night event reenacts the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem with songs, costumes and music. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025 In her letter, Austen also nearly reenacts in these lines the scene in which Elizabeth is insulted at the ball. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 One hundred twenty-five years later, on the same quay in Geneva, a theater troupe reenacts the event every Sunday. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025

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In any event, Rothe is crossing her fingers that River’s January box office run performs well enough to reignite talks with Blumhouse and Universal about bringing Landon’s time-loop slasher franchise back to life.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
One day, after Pi-o performs at a hospital, a doctor approaches him to ask how Jeong-yo is doing.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of performs

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Chuck Sargent Houston USC executes yet another belly flop against a top opponent, and Gary Patterson’s vaunted defense is giving up more than 35 points per game in the Big Ten.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Before an agent executes anything on its own, procurement and finance teams need to draw some clear lines.

— Shaz Khan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of executes

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For criminal charges to be filed, the case must be referred by police to the district attorney’s office, which prosecutes felonies, or the city attorney, which handles most misdemeanors.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The government continues to fiercely prosecutes its critics, barring Cubans who antagonize the communist regime from the pool of potential investors.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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While Seattle's style of luxury usually requires deferring to a casual aesthetic, the Lotte commits to the kind of high-end hotel that appeals to international business moguls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The buyer commits the capital, but an operator may manage and commercially deploy the aircraft.

— Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of commits

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By the time a large organization evaluates one, runs it through security, negotiates access and puts it into production, another model is already getting the headlines.

— Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Still, the complete omission of the TV (or film) studios is surprising, as is the lack of mention of Paramount’s pay cable network Showtime, which, like the basic cable nets, negotiates carriage agreements.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiates

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By sticking to the transcripts, McCarthy recreates a dialogue that was never meant to be heard by ordinary ears.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
But her relatives gave more than off-camera tips as Ba’s Book recreates the director’s father and his life in Vietnam alongside his relatives on camera.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of recreates

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Painted with vibrant hues of red, orange and yellow, the mural depicts folklorico dancers in traditional dress.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
When the series depicts Wuornos pointing a gun into the camera to show what a victim would have seen in his last moments, this is the real Aileen Wuornos.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

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