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 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 Rosenblatt was fired from the police department in 2020 over a photo reenacting McClain's death. —

Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 June 2026 Dramatically reenacting the scene in the special, Foxx’s legs tremble, his eyes wide. —

Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 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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There isn't a second credits scene, but moviegoers who stick around until the very end will see Lilypad performing an amusing little rap with some of the other toys, including Bad Bunny's Pizza with Sunglasses, as the credits finish scrolling.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026
That, in turn, strengthens the case for the Bank of Korea to raise interest rates, the very pressure that has made Korean government bonds the worst-performing sovereign debt in the world this year.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026