reenacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of reenact
as in performs
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 reenacts Each year on the night of September 15, Mexico’s president reenacts the famous grito from the National Palace in Mexico City, ringing the exact same bell Hidalgo did and leading the crowd in cries honoring the heroes of independence. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026 Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in June, Jimenez was watching as parishioners acted out the Nativity scene during a posada, a Latin American tradition that reenacts Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter. — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025 This 9-night event reenacts the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem with songs, costumes and music. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025 In her letter, Austen also nearly reenacts in these lines the scene in which Elizabeth is insulted at the ball. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 One hundred twenty-five years later, on the same quay in Geneva, a theater troupe reenacts the event every Sunday. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenacts
  1. performs
  2. executes
  3. prosecutes
  4. commits
  5. negotiates
  6. recreates
  7. depicts
Verb
  • The company now performs in a basement and is equipping an additional bomb shelter.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Among them was her friend Olivia Rodrigo, who booked Johanningmeier, who performs as Devon Again, for an early-day slot.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • How can Christians, who both grieve and celebrate the sacrifice of Jesus, support a flawed justice system that inevitably executes innocents?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the chip designs that the company executes, like those which animate an iPhone or a Mac, are inestimably precious trade secrets.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of executes
Verb
  • The prosecutor prosecutes state law and county violation cases, coordinates with local law enforcement across Clay County.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control section, which prosecutes spies, is assisting the DOJ in the case.
    — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of prosecutes
Verb
  • Forecast commits, pricing exceptions, accepting security risk, supplier changes and headcount allocation.
    — Greg Genung, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The defense agreement commits the sides to regard an armed attack against one as an attack on all three.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of commits
Verb
  • One potential concern for investors is whether the retail pharmacy will lose its competitive advantage of being directly linked with a PBM, which negotiates drug prices and manages prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurers and employers.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The remainder of the series schedule is in flux as the WNBA negotiates where Atlanta can play its remaining home games.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiates
Verb
  • The film recreates the 1985 Brussels stadium disaster, in which fan violence before the European Cup final killed 39 people.
    — Mark Schilling, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The first photo in the carousel recreates the film's poster, with both women wearing the blue and yellow dresses their characters are known for.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of recreates
Verb
  • The Instagram clip depicts a Native American girl running through the woods, bow and arrow at the ready.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026
  • In stark contrast to the organic, pictorial design of the Nativity Façade on the opposite side of the basilica, which depicts the birth of Jesus, Gaudí employed skeletal forms to evoke human suffering and Christ’s final days.
    — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of depicts

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