Thesaurus results for REENACTED

reenacted

verb

past tense of reenact

as in performed

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 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

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The film includes a live recording of Pascal Dusapin’s Flying River, Violin Concerto, performed by Utopia Orchestra and conducted by Giuseppe Mengoli.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
Her band has also warmed up crowds at Dallas Cowboys games and performed at the Houston Rodeo.

— Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of performed

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Smartly, Fischer and Wilson build out this community with its own strange customs, big and small, each executed without explanation, question or complaint.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The researchers worked with RISC-V assembly code, which represents instructions executed by a processor.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of executed

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Werksman Jackson Quinn and Mason LLP said campaign finance violations, voter and ballot fraud and civil rights infringement relating to elections can be prosecuted as federal crimes.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Because the statute of limitations expired long before she was found, Highsmith’s abductor cannot be prosecuted.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026

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Citadel founder Ken Griffin moved his firm to Miami in 2022, and last month committed $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, $2 billion of which will launch a CMU campus in the city.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Since Jayawardhana took office July 1, donors have committed about $73 million in gifts.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of committed

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That money, alders who negotiated with Stonepeak insist, is — and was from the start — meant to reduce Chicago’s massive pension deficit.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
On the one hand, the relief came through energy, when Washington granted a series of short-term waivers that kept the NIS refinery running while Hungary’s MOL negotiated to buy out the Russian stake.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiated

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Anderson stresses that positive experiences need to be intentional and repeated, so be patient with yourself.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
In his election night speech, Netanyahu repeated his refusal to create a government relying on Arab parties.

— Giovanna Dell'Orto, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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