reenacted

past tense of reenact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of reenacted The show reenacted a 1978 altercation in which McConaughey’s Dickens confronted Bell after Bell allegedly exposed himself to children. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Aug. 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenacted
Verb
  • Also remember that anytime suspension components such as lower control arms are replaced, a wheel alignment should be performed afterward to ensure proper tire wear and handling.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Fans of the Indiana Hoosiers, a program that came from literally nothing to reach the pantheon of college football, are a little miffed with how the team has performed early in the season.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Iran’s state TV said a man was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The following August, six Israeli hostages were executed by Hamas in a tunnel in Rafah, after more than three hundred days in captivity.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But few Fascists were ever formally prosecuted for their crimes, and a general amnesty (granted by Palmiro Togliatti, the pragmatic head of the Italian Communist Party) was announced in 1946.
    — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Flávio Bolsonaro’s main target is the judiciary that prosecuted and ultimately imprisoned his father.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Special Criminal Court was established to try war crimes and other human-rights abuses committed during the coups and violence that the country has experienced since 2003.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • This allows the industry to continue to profit from criminality no matter the astronomical amount of fraud committed.
    — Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Know More The Pentagon has negotiated equity or some equivalent, like warrants, in at least 10 companies since Cerberus cofounder Steve Feinberg was confirmed as deputy defense secretary last year.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Individual tribes negotiated with the United States with little success.
    — Sandra Slater, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeated Moscow's demand for a comprehensive peace deal, not a temporary break in hostilities, following Ukraine's call for a complete and unconditional ceasefire.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeated Moscow’s demand for a comprehensive peace deal, not a temporary break in hostilities, following Ukraine’s call for a complete and unconditional ceasefire.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Reenacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenacted. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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