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
There were also fewer viral social media takedowns than after Season 1, which had its big moments reenacted online.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenacted
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The veteran has at times performed for the Padres, but his latest clunker — Cortes yielded six runs over 2 1/3 innings — continued an alarming trend for a rotation that has gone nine consecutive games without an outing of more than five innings.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Paramedics performed life-saving measures on the boy, but couldn't save him; he was pronounced dead at the scene.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The long sordid legal saga came to a somber end in January 2024 when Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed via nitrogen gas in Alabama after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Others incorrectly stated that the killers had executed their plan to perfection.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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The government passed a sweeping Amnesty Law in 1979 and Brazil never prosecuted any of the military officials responsible for the widespread human rights violations during that era.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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She was held for 15 days without charges, disappeared for 40 hours, and is now being prosecuted in a secret trial — denied access to a public hearing, legal counsel, and contact with family.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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And who committed the crimes remains a mystery.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Terranea has been committed to protecting wildlife habitats and enhancing local water quality.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Acquisitions Executive Max Hart and Kinology’s CEO Grégoire Melin.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Participation alone seems to be the end goal, the assemblage of a cacophony of voices without any avenues to interrogate the way power is shared or negotiated in collective spaces.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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In more rare circumstances, a text was repeated or appeared to be lost.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some dancers, robot-like in their gestures, made their way through the floors and participated in different dances taking place, while others repeated the same steps on loop.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Archival film appears inside a camera housing, and recreated battle moments use AI colorization and 3D modeling.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2005, the duo recreated his signature Rabbit sculpture as a platinum necklace pendant.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Reenacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenacted. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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