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
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.
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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
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
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Deocampo also is the co-founder of ARKADE, a 25-member K-pop dance team that performs throughout Southern California.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Later Saturday, Wiseman and Glover planned to take a turn at manually piloting the Orion capsule to help engineers better understand how the spacecraft performs in flight and to provide hands-on feedback for future Artemis astronauts.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Iran executes 3 men detained during January protests Iran announced the execution of three men detained in January’s nationwide protests, the first such sentences known to have been carried out, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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William is well rounded and executes all styles with quiet confidence.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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The District Attorney’s Office already has an Economic Crimes and Consumer Protection division that prosecutes such cases.—
Adam Summers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The elite section that prosecutes public corruption was gutted; the Civil Rights Division, which protects the Constitutional rights of all Americans, experienced a mass exodus of career attorneys who say the division is being turned into an enforcement arm of the White House.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2026
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But now, the owners of capital want to bring the unifying corporate narrative in-house and entrust it to an insider who can create a mythology that converts brand promise into a hero’s journey, an epic tale that stars every consumer who commits him or herself to the brand’s belief system.—
Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Premier defense is a strong suit with seven returning starters and eight college commits, backing a talented pitching trio in junior Grace Simmons, and eighth-graders Ella Parece and Molly Buffington.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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When a willing seller negotiates a fair price with the state of Florida to sell their land, the return on the investment for the state of Florida is huge.—
Joe Murphy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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The chief of staff manages White House staff, organizes the president's time and schedule, directs and manages policy development, negotiates legislation, and keeps in contact with other departments and legislators.—
Doris Alvarez Cea,
Florida Times-Union,
16 Mar. 2026
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Take a peek at RetroCast The feature, displaying weather from New York City on Friday, April 3, 2026, closely recreates the look and feel of old-school local forecast segments, opening with a rotating globe-style display before transitioning into a full-screen forecast.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The land recreates Arendelle around a lagoon, its timber buildings painted in muted Scandinavian pastels, facades adorned with rosemaling, a traditional Norwegian decorative art.—
Thomas Adamson,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Picasso created the work, which depicts the assault on Guernica, in 1937 for the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris Universal Exposition.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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The first piece inside the galleries, a 1967 painting by the German artist Maina-Miriam Munsky, depicts a schematic outline of a cube struggling to contain a mass of dreamy flesh.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Reenacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenacts. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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