Thesaurus results for REENACTING

reenacting

verb

present participle of reenact

as in performing

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 reenacting The meta-ness of Seyfried returning to play Holmes snowballs into her reenacting real-life moments that Fielder and Oppenheim couldn’t capture on camera. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 The harassment included students showing him a video with racial slurs and reenacting the video in front of him. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026 Both films show their stunted couples attempting to start over, reenacting the beginning of their relationship, when everything was terrifyingly and beautifully undetermined. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted the sheriff’s office, reenacting the scenarios that Stork described, according to the arrest report. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 In addition to reenacting that throw, Williams suggested a Chicago skyline background for the cover to emulate Michael Jordan’s iconic 1985 Nike campaign. — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2026 For example, members of the Lexington Minute Men, a volunteer reenacting group, must appear historically accurate at a close distance. — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026 The women are seen reenacting their iconic one-liners from their most dramatic moments on the shows, right before the trailer gives a sneak peek into the tension and drama that will unfold on their trip. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 Today he can be found dressed as Revere at the Paul Revere House or, on special occasions, reenacting the revolutionary’s famous midnight ride. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

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The share of Asian American students, who were clustered in more affluent, high-performing schools, subsequently fell.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Open-weight models would generally be exempt, but Beijing could still restrict transfers involving exceptionally large or top-performing models, potentially limiting overseas acquisitions or the movement of key personnel and intellectual property.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of performing

Verb

The next steps include executing on a vendor contract with Site Stream LLC, the city said the contract is currently under final legal review and will be signed soon.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Traditional CPUs excel at sequential computing tasks, such as calculating a massive spreadsheet or running a precise physics simulation, as these often require executing steps in strict order at blazing speeds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of executing

Verb

His office was responsible for prosecuting federal crimes, including those related to immigration, terrorism, public corruption, child exploitation, firearms and narcotics.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026
Such arrests have profound impacts on the lives and reputations of those falsely accused and take valuable resources away from prosecuting actual perpetrators.

— Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of prosecuting

Verb

Moore has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing war crimes, but hasn’t called the violence in Gaza a genocide.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
In August 2021, Qatar signed another agreement committing $40 million to a cash assistance program that would give nearly 100,000 Palestinian households $100 per month for four months.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of committing

Verb

Technical knowledge can be taught and examined but the skills Freebairn values most, such as influencing, persuading, and negotiating, cannot.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The administration may be negotiating even more stakes under the radar, since SEC filings for unrelated deals mention the possibility of warrants.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiating

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Sacramento police have arrested two Sacramento men in connection with the theft of the bronze sculpture depicting Ben Ali, California’s first Kentucky Derby winner, in Old North Sacramento.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The camera lingers on the building’s triangular windows and towering bronze sculpture depicting hands passing a Torah from one generation to the next.

— Yael Buechler, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of depicting

Verb

That leaves open the distinction between recreating the behavior of an Atari 800XL through modern software and reproducing the original hardware more directly.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Cameras on Zond 8 captured stunning views of the Earth and moon, recreating the iconic Earthrise views seen by Apollo 8 astronauts two years earlier in 1968.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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