reenacts

present tense third-person singular of reenact

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Recent Examples of reenacts During Muharram a community group will often stage a passion play (taʿziyyah) that reenacts the events of Ḥusayn’s martyrdom. Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 May 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
Verb
  • Winding machines can process up to 240 cells per minute, while a rotary indexing system performs tab flattening and full-tab forming in a single step.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Its facilities can recreate real-world sound environments and changing acoustic conditions to assess how technology performs as the world around the consumer changes.
    Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The operating room team executes the plan with discipline and anticipation.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Every time the user opens an OWA tab in the browser, the normal OWA sync process automatically executes OWAReaper.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Allison Lyman, whose 23-year-old son Connor Lopez was killed in April 2025 when a driver turned her SUV left in front of his motorcycle on Sheldon Road in Elk Grove, is campaigning to change how California prosecutes fatal crashes.
    Ruyuan Li. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Israeli army often announces investigations into violence against Palestinians but rarely makes arrests or prosecutes settlers involved in violence.
    Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Section 250 expands on that by dictating that a corporation or partnership may be held liable when a senior manager commits any crime — not just economic offenses — while acting under actual or apparent authority.
    Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • If panzanella is already an argument for eating bread and oil for dinner, frying the bread simply commits to the premise.
    Lillian Syme, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But for the budget process, the executive branch proposed a set of cuts and then Congress negotiates on how much to actually cut.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Second, Morocco negotiates with Spain to secure some form of concession.
    Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Digital artist Lily Belmira has created a free video game that recreates the environment of Michael Heizer’s monumental land art sculpture City, 1970–2022, in the Nevada desert.
    News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Scully’s Lab set recreates Scully’s classroom lab at the FBI National Academy and includes a minifigure of Anderson’s character in her lab coat and scrubs.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • It’s supposed to be set in a well-trodden, fun neighborhood, but not in one that depicts huge wealth.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The film also depicts Gorbachev as something of a drama queen during the meetings, slamming the table and raising his voice.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Reenacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenacts. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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