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
  • Ludacris performs onstage during ONE Musicfest 2025 at Piedmont Park on October 26, 2025, in Atlanta.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Chief also busts out dance moves of his own and performs drum solos (with Lawson's helping hand).
    Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • When an autonomous agent executes a financial transaction, who owns the financial downside of a hallucination?
    Nirmal Mukhi, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Soon after Rhaenyra executes Otto Hightower, who was once mastermind of that family’s schemes, Ormund steps up to be the faction’s new heavy.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Florida prosecutes children as adults for serious crimes and sends juvenile offenders to adult prisons at higher rates than any other state.
    Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Once Emily commits to stepping away from what tethered her to her past, a new freedom, and maybe new fears, emerge.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 July 2026
  • Jaxon Dollar is one of Georgia football’s top commits in its 2027 recruiting class.
    Connor Riley, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Cusick and Kretschmann offer complementary chords of variable petulance and insecurity, as newcomer Cuoso ably negotiates her character’s shifting ambiguities.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • The federal government also negotiates directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of some of the most expensive drugs in Medicare, through a program created by Congress in 2022.
    Ali Swenson, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The spellbinding settings and cutting-edge attractions are complemented by bespoke merchandise which recreates the outlandish objects found in the films.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Tropical Islands recreates a balmy paradise in an old airship hangar about an hour from Berlin.
    Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The rocker popped the question in front of the painting, which depicts the Roman goddess of love arriving at the shore of Cyprus atop a giant scallop shell, while on tour on June 12, 2025.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • The teaser depicts a scene between Odysseus and the nymph Calypso.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

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“Reenacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenacts. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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