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 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
  1. performs
  2. executes
  3. prosecutes
  4. commits
  5. negotiates
  6. recreates
  7. depicts
Verb
  • For someone who performs in a mask and had often relied on metaphor to guide his lyrical decisions, his connection with his fans is unusually close.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
  • Brown’s co-defendant, his vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, a rapper who performs under the name Hoody Baby, was also reported to have pleaded guilty to affray.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 July 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • How a company executes may change over time, but its principles should not.
    — Nadia AlShomali, Forbes.com, 17 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
Definition of executes
Verb
  • 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
  • Palm Beach County also has a state attorney who prosecutes cases for the entire county, including the Town of Palm Beach.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Definition of prosecutes
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
Definition of commits
Verb
  • Bill negotiation PocketGuard partners with Billshark, a company that negotiates for lower rates on your behalf.
    — Catherine Collins, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The series stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a landman who negotiates on behalf of oil companies.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
Definition of negotiates
Verb
  • The collection recreates the grain, density, and irregular character of the material through an interplay of textures and thicknesses.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
  • The video also recreates the viral promotional photo of all seven members standing in front of a row of toilets with their backs to the camera, bringing the song’s tabloid-style campaign full circle.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
Definition of recreates
Verb
  • Like Blair, Zhang often depicts pets within a cameo frame as a gesture of old-fashioned memorializing.
    — Felicia Feaster, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Though the mural, which depicts a man in a headdress holding a spear, had been removed for conservation in 2004, the team relied on advanced imaging techniques to reconstruct both the work and its surrounding architecture.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of depicts

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