Thesaurus results for REENACTING

reenacting

verb

Definition of reenacting next

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 Dramatically reenacting the scene in the special, Foxx’s legs tremble, his eyes wide. —

Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 Rather than being hunched over their game consoles, these guys were reenacting a legend that—according to Liane—dates back to the early Middle Ages, featuring a Catholic maiden called Mata and a Muslim prince called Grifone. —

Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2026 But a few days later, on a brief holiday near Quebec, she was spotted reenacting the scene, pointing her home-movie camera at her husband and issuing orders in her version of an American accent. —

Susan Page, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Each spoke about the weight of reenacting moments from a living person’s life; Yarris, now free, was a frequent presence at both table reads and performances. —

Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026 Barbie Ferreira stars as Margot, a content moderator who comes across some disturbing videos reenacting murders from the original Faces of Death. —

Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026 Ever since Sydney had brought Victor back from the dead, his power had been glitching, his body reenacting the same electrical surge that had stopped his heart back at Lockland, fifteen years before. —

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026 Every year on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar and the same day as the Battle of Karbala, Shiite Muslims inside and outside of Iran observe Ashura and commemorate the slaying of Hussain by reenacting his death and performing self-flagellation, among other rituals. —

Eric Lob, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026 Metcalf and Pullman are both wonderful in their shuffling ordinariness, reenacting long-obsolete parental dynamics with a kind of rueful, hopeful denial. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026

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The mother spends her waking hours working on other people’s farms and performing tasks the neighbors prefer not to do themselves.

— The Know, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
As good as both teams’ hitters have been performing this season, these two pitchers were throwing at a level that even major-league scouts could appreciate.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026